MORRISON v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE


148 Pa.Commw. 245 (1992)

610 A.2d 1082

Shirley A. MORRISON, Administratrix of the Estate of George Morrison, Deceased, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH (WOODVILLE STATE HOSPITAL), and Schleifer's Ambulance Services and J.P. Harika, M.D., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 29, 1992.

Reargument Denied July 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Cordes, for appellant.

Esther Joy Schwartz, for appellee, Schleifer Ambulance Services.

Before COLINS, and SMITH, JJ., and SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.


SMITH, Judge.

Shirley A. Morrison appeals from a post-trial order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting Schleifer's Ambulance Services (Ambulance Service) a new trial. The issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting a new trial because evidence pertaining to the conduct of the ambulance crew immediately after a passenger escaped from the ambulance and fell to...

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