SACRED HEART HOSPITAL et al. v. LANSHE


445 Pa. 57 (1971)

Sacred Heart Hospital of Allentown et al., Appellants, v. Lanshe.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Bradley, with him Leonard J. Bucki, H.P. McFadden, William D. Valente, and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, for appellants.

K. Robert Conrad, William S. Hudders and Boyd H. Walker, with them A.H. Wilcox, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, and Butz, Hudders & Tallman, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERT, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 12, 1971:

In this appeal we must decide whether it was error to dismiss without a hearing a petition claiming certain provisions of a consent decree had been violated. We hold that in the circumstances of this case, a hearing on the issues raised by the petition for supplemental relief is necessary.

A brief review of the factual background follows. The City of Allentown has three hospitals: Allentown General, Allentown...

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