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- Title: Schaffer v. Larzelere.
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 19, 1963
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Plaintiff, as administrator of the Estate of Margaret Stuchko, deceased, filed a complaint in trespass on October 13, 1960, alleging a cause of action against the defendants based on the Act of April 15, 1851, P.L. 669, ? 19, 12 P.S. ? 1601. It alleged that the decedent was admitted to the defendant hospital in December 1958, for treatment of injuries received in a beating and while so hospitalized was under the treatment and care of the defendant doctor; that death occurred on December 24, 1958, due to the careless premature release of the decedent from the hospital by the defendants. The defendants, in answer, denied any responsibility for decedents demise and properly raised the defense of the Statute of Limitations, the action having been instituted well over the one year period allowed in such actions. In reply, the plaintiff alleged that the running of the statute did not bar the action because the negligence of the defendants did not come to his knowledge until December 29, 1959.