Case Name: Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners v. UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2018-03-28
Citations: 183 A.3d 346
Docket Number: No. 330 WAL 2017
Parties: Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners
v.
UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 183
Pages: 346–346

Head Matter:
Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners
v.
UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents
No. 330 WAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Does the MCARE Statute of Repose violate the Open Courts guarantees of the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 11, where it arbitrarily and capriciously deprives some patients of any access to courts, but permits actions by similarly situated patients?