Javitz v. Luzerne Cnty., 2025 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 154 (August 21, 2025) McCollough, J. This appeal returns to us following a remand from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which granted the petition for allowance of appeal of Donna Davis Javitz (Appellant), the former Director of Human Resources of Luzerne County (County). In Javitz v. Luzerne […]
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-MCARE ACT-WHISTLEBLOWER IDENTIFICATION
Betz v. UPMC Pinnacle W. Shore Hosp., 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 401, 2023 WL 5965065 (September 14, 2023) (Bowes, J.) UPMC Pinnacle West Shore Hospital (“the Hospital”) appeals from the order that granted the motion of Jane Betz (“Plaintiff”), directing the Hospital to take reasonable efforts to identify the author of an anonymous report concerning […]
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE-WHISTLEBLOWER-PENNSYLVANIA STANDARD
Javitz v. Luzerne County, 2023 Pa. LEXIS 644 (S. Ct. May 5, 2023) (Donohue, J.). In this discretionary appeal, we consider the standard that a plaintiff must meet in order to establish a prima facie claim under Pennsylvania’s Whistleblower Law and whether the Commonwealth Court erred in its application of that standard. As explained in […]