Plaintiff Need Not Name Every Actor in a Med Mal Complaint

In the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas decision in the case of Lutz v. Williamsport Hospital, No. 18-CV-0384 (C.P. Lycoming Co. July 5, 2018 Linhardt, J.), the court reaffirmed the well-settled principle that a Plaintiff was not required to specifically name every potential actor involved in the Plaintiff’s care at a defendant hospital when pleading vicarious liability claims against the hospital.  

As such, the court overruled the Defendant’s Preliminary Objections to the Plaintiff’s vicarious liability claims in this matter.  

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Source:  “Digest of Recent Opinions,” Pennsylvania Law Weekly (Nov. 20, 2018).