Title: Legal Capital, LLC, APLT v. Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund (Concurring And Dissenting Opinion)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 185 M.D. APPEAL DKT. 1998 & 10 M.D. APPEAL DKT. 1999
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: May 1, 2000

[J-231-99-a&b][M.O. - Castille, J.] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT LEGAL CAPITAL, LLC, Appellant v. MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND, Appellee LEGAL CAPITAL, LLC, Appellant v. MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND, Appellee : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 185 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1998 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered 10/21/98 at No. 689 M.D. 1998 ARGUED: November 15, 1999 10 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1999 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered 12/30/98 at No. 936 M.D. 1998 ARGUED: November 15, 1999 CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION MR. JUSTICE SAYLOR DECIDED: May 1, 2000 I join the majority opinion insofar as it concludes that these declaratory judgment proceedings were improperly dismissed on the CAT Fund’s preliminary objections. Rather than proceeding to the merits of the controversy, however, I would remand the matter to [J-231-1999][M.O. - Castille, J.] - 2 the Commonwealth Court for further proceedings as appropriate, since I would not at this juncture foreclose the CAT Fund from developing an evidentiary record to support its claim that preclusion of assignments in this context is a necessary corollary to the legislative scheme essential to protect the integrity and effective administration of the statutory claims procedure. Madame Justice Newman joins this concurring and dissenting opinion.