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DEAN v. BOWLING GREEN-BRANDYWINE

No. 26 MAP 2019.

225 A.3d 859 (2020)

Melissa DEAN, Individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Andrew E. Johnson and Clifton Edward Johnson, Individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Andrew E. Johnson, Appellants v. BOWLING GREEN-BRANDYWINE, CRC Health Group, Inc. (and/or) d/b/a CRC Health Group, Mohammad Ali Khan, M.D., Asim Khurshid Rana, M.D., Jennersville Regional Hospital, James Duncklee, M.D., Susan R. Gilbert, Executrix of The Estate of Jennifer M. Plumb M.D., And Southern Chester County Emergency Room Associates, P.C., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: February 19, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Murphy, Esq. , Murphy & Dengler, Pennsylvania Association For Justice, Amicus Curiae.

Angela Awuraakua Larko Odjidja Boateng, Esq. , Pennsylvania Medical Society, The American Medical Association, Amicus Curiae.

Anthony Michael Brichta, Esq. , Patrick S. Mintzer, Esq. , Buckley, Brion, McGuire & Morris, L.L.P., Melissa Dean , Individually, and as Co-Adminiistrator of the Estate of Andrew E. Johnson et al, etc., Appellant.

Sarah Mills Baker, Esq. , Ava Marion Plakins, Esq. , Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata, LLP, Mohammad Ali Khan , M.D., Appellee.

Carl D. Buchholz III, Esq. , Daniel Jason Rucket, Esq. , Angela Marie Heim, Esq. , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Bowling Green — Brandywine and CRC Health Group, Inc., Appellee.

Mark John Hermanovich, Esq. , Gary M. Samms, Esq. , Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP, Jennifer M. Plumb , M.D., Sourhern Chester County Emergency Rioom Associates, P.C., Appellee.

Michael E. McGilvery, Esq. , Young & McGilvery, P.C. James Duncklee , M.D., Appelle.

Suzanne Marie Utke, Esq. , Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLC, Asim Khurshid Rana , M.D., Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

In this discretionary appeal, we consider the scope and application of the qualified immunity provided under Section 114 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA), 50 P.S. §§ 7101-7503. We conclude the Superior Court erred in affirming entry of a compulsory nonsuit and hold immunity...

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