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ALLEN v. MONTGOMERY HOSP.

548 Pa. 299 (1997)

696 A.2d 1175

Anne L. ALLEN a/k/a Nancy Allen, an incompetent, by Walter E. Allen and Anne M. Allen, her Guardians, and Walter E. Allen: and Anne M. Allen in their own right, Appellees, v. MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL and Paul R. Casey, Jr., M.D., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Coyne Pugh, William E. Pugh, IV, Norristown, for Paul R. Casey, Jr., M.D.

Pamela G. Shuman, Terry S. Hyman, Harrisburg, for Amicus-Pa. Trial Lawyers Assoc.

John V. Hasson, Richard T. Abell, Fort Washington, for Anne L. Allen, et al. in No. 0036 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996.

L. Rostaing Tharaud, Philadelphia, for Montgomery Hospital.

Roland Morris, David L. Kwass, Philadelphia, for Amicus-Hosp. Assoc. of Pa.

John V. Hasson, Fort Washington, for Anne L. Allen and Walter Allen in No. 0037 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

CASTILLE, Justice.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The sole issue on appeal is whether the immunity provisions of the Mental Health Procedures Act, 50 P.S. § 7101, et seq., apply to hospitals and doctors who provide medical care to a mentally ill patient pursuant to a contract with a mental hospital. Because we hold that the immunity provisions of the Mental Health Procedures Act apply to doctors and hospitals in such a situation, we reverse the...

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