Schrock v. Albert Einstein Medical Center

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• instructing that Rule 238 as revised in 1988 applied to future actions and to pending actions where delay damages have not yet been determined
• Delay damages may be assessed even if defendant is free from fault in delay of trial
• delay damages may be assessed even if defendant is free from fault in delay of trial
• fundamental fairness requires that plaintiffs receive interest on what is essentially then-money for the period defendants held it until trial
• “Under former Rule 238, interest was calculated at 10% per annum.... Under revised Rule 238, interest is calculated at the rate equal to the prime rate ... plus one percent_”
• “[T]he mere fact that a defendant is not at fault in causing the delay in a case does not automatically relieve the defendant from being assessed delay damages under Rule 238.... [W]hen both parties are blameless it would be unreasonable and unjust to deny delay damages.”

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Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-16· cited 407×
• Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-22· cited 84×
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Third Circuit· 2010-06-09· cited 72×
• KRYSMALSKI BY KRYSMALSKI v. Tarasovich
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-01· cited 54×
• Charles Francisco Cecilia Francisco v. United States
  Third Circuit· 2001-10-01· cited 37×
• Arthur v. Kuchar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-17· cited 28×
• Knight, David and Knight, Kathleen v. Tape, Inc. v. General Mills, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1991-07-29· cited 26×
• Costa v. Lauderdale Beach Hotel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-08· cited 24×
• Bailey v. Pennsylvania Electric Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-11· cited 19×
• City of Philadelphia v. Duda by Duda
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-08· cited 19×
• Sutch, R. v. Roxborough Memorial Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-11-15· cited 18×
• Thomas H. Ross Inc. v. Seigfreid
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-20· cited 13×
• Miller v. Hellman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-08· cited 8×
• Shamnoski v. PG Energy a Division of Southern Union Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-01· cited 6×
• BROCKLEHURST BY BROCKLEHURST v. Watson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-05· cited 5×
• Sealover v. Carey Canada
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-05-07· cited 4×
• Starr v. Veneziano
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-08· cited 2×
• Frisch, A. v. James River Ins.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-10-20· cited 2×
• Francisco v. United States
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-06-22· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1993-06-22

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of Allegheny
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-29· cited 296×
• Craig v. Magee Memorial Rehabilitation Center
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-08· cited 165×
• Ceresini v. Valley View Trailer Park
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-21· cited 49×
• Schrock v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-02· cited 24×
• Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Pennsylvania Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 12×
• Knudsen v. Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-08· cited 5×

Other cases named Schrock v. Albert Einstein Medical Center

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Schrock v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-02· cited 24×