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Christopher G. YANAKOS, Susan Kay Yanakos and William Ronald Yanakos, Her Husband, Petitioners v. UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Amadeo Marcos, M.D. and Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, M.D., Respondents

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania2018-03-28No. No. 330 WAL 2017
183 A.3d 346

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PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Does the MCARE Statute of Repose violate the Open Courts guarantees of the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article I, § 11, where it arbitrarily and capriciously deprives some patients of any access to courts, but permits actions by similarly situated patients?