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Tag: vicarious liability

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – PROCEDURAL ISSUES – SEVERANCE – DIRECT NEGLIGENCE – PUNITIVE DAMAGES – VICARIOUS LIABILITY – INSTITUTIONAL NEGLIGENCE – MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – DAMAGES – INFORMED CONSENT – INFLICTED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS – CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE – AGENCY – JOINDER – PROCEDURE

Posted on December 12, 2025 - 4:03 pm by

Doyle v. Keyed, 2025 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 120 (October 16, 2025) Powell, J. Opinion by: Mark Powell On November 20, 2024, Plaintiffs, Julie Doyle and Christopher Doyle, her husband, in their own right and as the Co-Administrators of the Estate of Conor Jack Doyle, Deceased, filed the present wrongful death and survival […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE – VICARIOUS LIABILITY – AGENTS – INCREASED RISK OF HARM – JURY SLIP – CEREBRAL PALSY

Posted on August 19, 2025 - 1:49 pm by

Hagans v. Hosp. of the Univ. of Pa., 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 302 (July 10, 2025) McLaughlin, J. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (“HUP”) appeals from the judgment entered in favor of Dajah Hagans (“Plaintiff” or “D.H.”), as parent and natural guardian of J.H., and against it. HUP alleges the trial court erred in […]

VICARIOUS LIABILITY-FRANCHISOR

Posted on February 4, 2025 - 7:36 am by

Coryell v. Morris, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 49 (Pa. Superior Ct., January 31, 2025) OPINION BY BOWES, J.: Domino’s Pizza LLC (“Domino’s”) appeals from the judgment entered against it, its franchisee Robizza, Inc. (“Robizza”), and Robizza’s employee, Steven Morris, and in favor of Clarence David Coryell and his wife, Sandra Coryell. We affirm. On July […]