Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices. Courtesy photoPa. High Court: Concrete Proof Not Needed to Weigh Grounds for Preliminary Injunction Order
According to the justices, the Commonwealth Court had “creat[ed] a new evidentiary standard and misappl[ied] the standard of review” when it reversed a trial court’s grant of preliminary injunction barring Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. from transitioning Delaware County Memorial Hospital from an emergency and acute care hospital into a behavioral health facility.
January 22, 2025 at 07:03 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that plaintiffs seeking to halt a Delaware County hospital’s planned closure did not need to present concrete evidence of irreparable harm to secure a preliminary injunction against the hospital.
- The majority ruled that the Commonwealth Court had misapplied the proper standard of review when it reversed a trial court's grant of preliminary injunction in the matter.
- One justice expressed concerns in a dissent that the majority applied to broad of a framework in its analysis.
Plaintiffs seeking to halt a Delaware County hospital’s planned closure did not need to present concrete evidence of irreparable harm to secure a preliminary injunction against the hospital, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held Wednesday.
Instead, the high court ruled, testimony from the plaintiff’s expert on the harm posed by the hospital’s plans, in conjunction with an irreparable harm provision in a contract between the parties, had provided what appeared to be a reasonable basis for a trial court to grant a preliminary injunction.
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