Case Name: Richard SCAMPONE, as Executor of the Estate of Madeline Scampone, Respondent v. HIGHLAND PARK CARE CENTER, LLC, d/b/a Highland Park Care Center, Grane Healthcare Company, Grane Associates, L.P., Trebro, Inc., Petitioners
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2011-03-08
Citations: 15 A.3d 427
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard SCAMPONE, as Executor of the Estate of Madeline Scampone, Respondent v. HIGHLAND PARK CARE CENTER, LLC, d/b/a Highland Park Care Center, Grane Healthcare Company, Grane Associates, L.P., Trebro, Inc., Petitioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 15
Pages: 427–427

Head Matter:
Richard SCAMPONE, as Executor of the Estate of Madeline Scampone, Respondent v. HIGHLAND PARK CARE CENTER, LLC, d/b/a Highland Park Care Center, Grane Healthcare Company, Grane Associates, L.P., Trebro, Inc., Petitioners.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 8, 2011.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 8th day of March, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Whether the Superior Court erred in applying the corporate negligence theory, initially adopted by this Court in Thompson v. Nason Hospital, 527 Pa. 330, 591 A.2d 703 (1991), to a skilled nursing facility and the healthcare company responsible for its operations?