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WALSH v. BORCZON

881 A.2d 1 (2005)

Catherine Elizabeth WALSH, Appellant v. Dennis BORCZON, MD, Saint Vincent Hospital.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 11, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Fischer, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Francis J. Klemensic, Erie, for Borczon, appellee.

John M. Quinn, Jr., Erie, for Saint Vincent Hospital, appellee.

Before: FORD ELLIOTT, MUSMANNO, and LALLY-GREEN, JJ.

OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal asks us to determine the scope of the Mental Health Procedures Act ("MHPA" or "the Act"), 50 P.S. §§ 7101-7503, as applied to the facts of this case; whether Catherine Elizabeth Walsh ("patient") has pled facts sufficient to withstand Dennis Borczon, M.D.'s ("physician's"), and St. Vincent Hospital's ("hospital's") motions for summary judgment based upon the qualified immunity the Act affords mental health...

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