· 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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