Yanakos v. Upmc, 183 A.3d 346 (2018)

March 28, 2018 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · No. 330 WAL 2017
183 A.3d 346
Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners v. UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents

Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners
v.
UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents

No. 330 WAL 2017

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 28, 2018

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2018, 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:

Does the MCARE Statute of Repose violate the Open Courts guarantees of the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 11, where it arbitrarily and capriciously deprives some patients of any access to courts, but permits actions by similarly situated patients?