Casey B. Green Personal Injury Law Blog

In Thompson v. Nason Hospital, 527 Pa. 330, 591 A.2d 703 (1991), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court first held that a hospital can be held directly liable for corporate negligence.
The Court reasoned that the concept of corporate negligence should
apply to a hospital so that a hospital is liable if it fails to uphold
the proper standard of care owed the patient, “which is to ensure the
patient's safety and well-being while at the... Read More