Case Name: Esther POKLEMBA, Individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen F. Poklemba, Esquire, Appellant v. SHAMOKIN STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellee, and Robert Greco, Anne L. Cawthern, Mrs. Neal Little, Helen Wahosky, and Quilla Mowery
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-07-14
Citations: 479 Pa. 414
Docket Number: No. 118
Parties: Esther POKLEMBA, Individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen F. Poklemba, Esquire, Appellant v. SHAMOKIN STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellee, and Robert Greco, Anne L. Cawthern, Mrs. Neal Little, Helen Wahosky, and Quilla Mowery.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 479
Pages: 414–416

Head Matter:
388 A.2d 722
Esther POKLEMBA, Individually and as the Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen F. Poklemba, Esquire, Appellant v. SHAMOKIN STATE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellee, and Robert Greco, Anne L. Cawthern, Mrs. Neal Little, Helen Wahosky, and Quilla Mowery.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 18, 1978.
Decided July 14, 1978.
William S. Hudders, Richard F. Stevens of Butz, Hudders & Tallman, Allentown, for appellant.
Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee, Shamokin State General Hospital.
Christian S. Erb, Jr., Harrisburg, for appellees, Robert Greco, Anne L. Cawthern, Mrs. Neal Little, Helen Wahosky and Quilla Mowery.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant Esther Poklemba, both individually and as administratrix of decedent's estate, brought an action in trespass against appellee Shamokin State General Hospital and others for negligent medical treatment of decedent, her husband. The Commonwealth Court dismissed the complaint against appellee on the ground that appellee, as an agency of the Commonwealth, was protected against suit by the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth.
We have this day abrogated the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways, 479 Pa. 384, 388 A.2d 709 (1978). We therefore reverse the order of the Commonwealth Court and remand for further proceedings.
Order reversed and case remanded.
O'BRIEN, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which EAGEN, C. J., and POMEROY, J., joined.
POMEROY, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which EAG-EN, C. J., and O'BRIEN, J., joined.
We hear this appeal pursuant to the Appellate Court Jurisdiction Act of 1970, Act of July 31, 1970, P.L. 673, art. II, § 203, 17 P.S. § 211.203 (Supp.1978).