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· 4/23/1991

Abadie v. Riddle Memorial Hospital

Citations

  • 589 A.2d 1143
  • 404 Pa. Super. 8
  • 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 999

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing IIED claim where, although Plaintiff pled that she was suffering from psychological factors affecting her physical condition, and that she would need to spend money in medical care for her injuries, she did not specifically plead the nature of those injuries
  • where appellant only averred emotional and psychological damage, with no averments of physical harm, the trial court was correct in sustaining appellee’s demurrer
  • where appellant only averred emotional and psychological damage, with no averments of physical harm, the trial court was correct in sustaining appellee's demurrer
  • demurrer sustained for failure to state a cause of action when plaintiff failed to allege physical harm from a raucous hospital staff birthday celebration while she was being treated
  • hospital staff held a party while patient waited in pain

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Judges: Cavanaugh, Cirillo, Brosky

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