Opinion
No. 29 EAL 2016 No. 30 EAL 2016.
06-07-2016
Robert DUBOSE, Administrator of the Estate of Elise Dubose, Deceased, v. Mark QUINLAN, Donna Brown, RNC, BSN, Albert Einstein Medical Center d/b/a Willowcrest, Willowcrest and Jefferson Health System, Petition of Willowcrest Nursing Home, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Albert Einstein Medical Center d/b/a Willowcrest and Willowcrest. Robert Dubose, Administrator of the Estate of Elise Dubose, Deceased, Respondent, v. Willowcrest Nursing Home, and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Petitioners.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 7th day of June, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner is:
(a) Do special and important reasons exist which mandate this Court's intervention, since the Superior Court improperly lengthened, potentially significantly, the statute of limitations applicable to survival actions in medical professional liability claims contrary to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 5542(2) and 5502(A), all legal authority emanating from this Court, and the intent of the legislature when enacting the MCARE Act's statute of repose?
Justice WECHT did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.