Case Name: Karyl L. MOSER and Robert E. Moser, H/W, Petitioners, v. Dr. Landis C. HEISTAND, M.D. and Ashland State General Hospital and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Ashland Regional Medical Center, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1995-04-07
Citations: 657 A.2d 915
Docket Number: No. 34 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1995
Parties: Karyl L. MOSER and Robert E. Moser, H/W, Petitioners, v. Dr. Landis C. HEISTAND, M.D. and Ashland State General Hospital and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Ashland Regional Medical Center, Respondents.
Judges: MONTEMURO, J., is sitting by designation.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 657
Pages: 915–915

Head Matter:
Karyl L. MOSER and Robert E. Moser, H/W, Petitioners, v. Dr. Landis C. HEISTAND, M.D. and Ashland State General Hospital and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Ashland Regional Medical Center, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 7, 1995.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 7th day of April, 1995, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted, 649 A.2d 177 limited to the issue of whether the corporate liability doctrine set forth in Thompson v. Nason Hospital, 527 Pa. 330, 591 A.2d 703 (1991) is applicable to state owned medical facilities under our sovereign immunity statute.
MONTEMURO, J., is sitting by designation.