Court Opinion

ID: 9751138
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 16:08:31.081363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:36.339372
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DISSENTING OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
With due respect to the majority, I dissent.
The rejection of coverage issued by the Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund is not a final order1 within the meaning of The Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501-508, 701-704. Therefore, it is prematurely presented to our appellate jurisdiction. I would transfer Stenton Hall’s petition for review to the Insurance Department with instructions to conduct an adjudicatory hearing on the issues raised therein. This was the course followed in Philadelphia County Medical Society v. Kaiser, 699 A.2d 800 (Pa.Cmwlth.1997), and it is the appropriate response here, where, again, we are presented with a determination that is preliminary, not final, because of the absence of a formal administrative hearing.

. An adjudication must be preceded by a formal administrative hearing that results in a final order that this Court can review in its appellate jurisdiction.