Flagiello v. Pennsylvania Hospital

Decided March 22, 1965. Michael A. Musmanno wrote the opinion for the court.

417 Pa. 486 · Cited 182 times

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• Foster v. Roman Catholic Diocese · 70 A.2d 230
• Nicholson v. Good Samaritan Hospital · 199 So. 344
• Bond v. Pittsburgh · 368 Pa. 404
• Parker v. Port Huron Hospital · 105 N.W.2d 1
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc. · 416 Pa. 1
• Matson v. Margiotti · 371 Pa. 188
• Collopy v. Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary · 141 A.2d 276
• Mamlin v. Genoe · 17 A.2d 407
• Montgomery v. Philadelphia · 392 Pa. 178
• Malloy v. Fong · 232 P.2d 241
• Commonwealth v. Woodhouse · 401 Pa. 242
• Pierce v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Ass'n · 260 P.2d 765
• Kojis v. Doctors Hospital · 12 Wis. 2d 367
• Noel Ex Rel. Noel v. Menninger Foundation · 267 P.2d 934
• Miller v. Beaver Falls · 368 Pa. 189
• Rickbeil v. Grafton Deaconess Hospital · 23 N.W.2d 247
• Haynes v. Presbyterian Hospital Ass'n · 45 N.W.2d 151
• Ray v. Tucson Medical Center · 230 P.2d 220
• Mississippi Baptist Hospital v. Holmes · 56 So. 2d 709
• Sessions v. Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital Ass'n. · 78 P.2d 645
• Welch v. Frisbie Memorial Hospital · 9 A.2d 761
• Wheat v. Idaho Falls Latter Day Saints Hospital · 297 P.2d 1041
• Voegtly Estate · 396 Pa. 90

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