Case Name: Nancy F. GREGORY, Executrix of the Estate of Howard C. Gregory, Deceased and Nancy F. Gregory, in her own right, Appellant, v. HAZLETON STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; Leonard IANNACHIONE, Appellant, v. Suzanne B. KREINBROOK, Hugh E. Chavern and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1980-10-10
Citations: 491 Pa. 596
Docket Number: Appeal No. 299
Parties: Nancy F. GREGORY, Executrix of the Estate of Howard C. Gregory, Deceased and Nancy F. Gregory, in her own right, Appellant, v. HAZLETON STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Leonard IANNACHIONE, Appellant, v. Suzanne B. KREINBROOK, Hugh E. Chavern and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Judges: ROBERTS, J., files a dissenting opinion.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 491
Pages: 596–597

Head Matter:
421 A.2d 1045
Nancy F. GREGORY, Executrix of the Estate of Howard C. Gregory, Deceased and Nancy F. Gregory, in her own right, Appellant, v. HAZLETON STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Leonard IANNACHIONE, Appellant, v. Suzanne B. KREINBROOK, Hugh E. Chavern and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Argued April 14, 1980.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 20, 1979.
Decided Oct. 10, 1980.
Edward F. Silva, Philadelphia, for appellant in 299.
Edward P. Carey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Herbert L. Olirieri, Harrisburg, for appellee in 299.
Carl Gainor, Snyder & Gainor, P. A., Pittsburgh, for appellant in 127.
Peter J. Curry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara Brown, Harrisburg, for appellee in 127.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
The Orders of the Commonwealth Court are vacated and the records are remanded for proceedings consistent with Mattos v. Thompson, 491 Pa. 385, 421 A.2d 190 (1980).
ROBERTS, J., files a dissenting opinion.
EAGEN, former C. J., took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.