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SEEBOLD v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. 9 MAP 2011

57 A.3d 1232 (2012)

Michelle SEEBOLD, Appellee v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Gold , Gold & Ferrante, P.C., Elkins Park, for Prison Health Services, Inc.

John Jacob Hare , Carol Ann VanderWoude , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, PA Defense Institute.

Robert B. Hoffman , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC, Harrisburg, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Michael H. Collins , N. Randall Sees , McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, Heather Rose Willis, for Michelle Seebold.

George Gerasimos Rassias , Curran & Rassias, L.L.P., Media, for Appellee Amicus Curiae, PA Association of Justice.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal, we consider whether a physician who treats prison inmates has a duty at common law to warn specific corrections officers that a particular inmate has a communicable disease.

I. Background

Appellee Michelle Seebold filed suit against Appellant Prison Health Services, Inc. ("PHS"), advancing a single cause of action expressly grounded on negligence...

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