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· 3/30/1998

Elias v. Lancaster General Hospital

Citations

  • 710 A.2d 65
  • 1998 Pa. Super. LEXIS 545

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that such a tort does not exist in Pennsylvania
  • hospital did not owe duty to preserve foreign objects removed from plaintiffs body
  • spoliation of evidence not recognized as a separate cause of action in Pennsylvania

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Judges: Popovich, Joyce, Cirillo

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