Court Opinion

ID: 9765554
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:06:32.457334+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:11.161833
License: Public Domain

CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority today. I write separately to stress that I believe that this disposition is appropriate as this case has advanced only to the preliminary objections stage. As noted by the majority, in reviewing an order granting preliminary objections, we must assume that *627all material facts set forth in the complaint as well as all inferences reasonably deducible therefrom are true. AM/PM Franchise v. Atlantic Richfield, 526 Pa. 110, 121, 584 A.2d 915, 921 (1990). Where any doubt exists as to whether a demurrer should be sustained, it should be resolved in favor of overruling the demurrer. Id. This is one of the more stringent standards of review which this court applies. I agree with the majority that when this standard is applied to the matter sub judice, it is indeed inappropriate to dismiss Appellants’ complaints at this juncture.
I emphasize, however, that on the record available at this juncture Appellants have not established that the Pennsylvania Medical Catastrophe Loss Fund (“CAT Fund”) controlled the settlement negotiations; this allegation is being assumed merely for the sake of disposing of the CAT Fund’s preliminary objections. Accordingly, I concur in the result only.