Yanakos, Pets v. UPMC

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER G. YANAKOS, SUSAN : No. 330 WAL 2017 KAY YANAKOS AND WILLIAM RONALD : YANAKOS, HER HUSBAND, : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from Petitioners : the Order of the Superior Court : : v. : : : UPMC, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH : PHYSICIANS, AMADEO MARCOS, M.D. : AND THOMAS SHAW-STIFFEL, M.D., : : Respondents : ORDER 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?