POKLEMBA v. SHAMOKIN HOSPITAL, ET AL.

No. 11 Tr. Dkt. 1975.

21 Pa.Commw. 301 (1975)

Esther Poklemba, individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen F. Poklemba, Esquire, Plaintiff, v. Shamokin State General Hospital, Robert Greco, Anne L. Cawthern, Mrs. Neal Little, Helen Wahosky and Quilla Mowery, Defendants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Stevens, with him Butz, Hudders & Tallman, for plaintiff.

Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Attorney General, with him Lawrence Silver, Deputy Attorney General, and Robert P. Kane, Attorney General, for defendant, Shamokin State General Hospital.

Christian S. Erb, Jr., with him Metzger, Wickersham, Knauss & Erb, for defendant individuals.

Argued September 11, 1975, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, October 2, 1975:

Plaintiff, Esther Poklemba, individually, and as Administratrix of the estate of Stephen F. Poklemba, Esquire, has filed wrongful death and survival actions against Shamokin State General Hospital and others. Before this Court are preliminary objections of the defendant Hospital based upon sovereign immunity. We sustain the objections and dismiss the complaint against...

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