Case Name: Dorothy HAHN, As Guardian for the Estate and Person of Anthony Granata, An Incapacitated Person, Respondent v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2004-01-02
Citations: 577 Pa. 135
Docket Number: Petition No. 712 MAL 2003
Parties: Dorothy HAHN, As Guardian for the Estate and Person of Anthony Granata, An Incapacitated Person, Respondent v. ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 577
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
842 A.2d 918
Dorothy HAHN, As Guardian for the Estate and Person of Anthony Granata, An Incapacitated Person, Respondent v. ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 2, 2004.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 2nd day of January, 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the question:
Whether eligibility and application for and receipt of third party disability or medical benefits is admissible at trial notwithstanding the collateral source rule when offered by the defendant not as an offset to reduce the damages caused by the negligent act but as evidence that the plaintiffs damages were in fact caused, in whole or in part, by a prior condition unrelated to the negligent act.