LEIGHT v. UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS

No. 35 WAP 2019.

243 A.3d 126 (2020)

Kathryn F. LEIGHT and John L. Leight, Her Husband, Appellants v. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS, UPMC, University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Susan Shick, and Phillip L. Clark, Administrator of the Estate of John F. Shick, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2020.


OPINION

In this discretionary appeal, we consider the viability of a cause of action by a third party against, inter alia, physicians under the Mental Health Procedure Act ("MHPA" or "Act").1 For the reasons explained below...

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