Pennsylvania’s MCARE Fund does not cover claims against a hospital for sexual abuse at the hands of a physician who practiced medicine there, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
With the exception of one claim for medical malpractice, the Commonwealth Court ruled Monday that recovery under MCARE—the state’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund—is unavailable in a lawsuit against the hospital, Aria Health, filed by two victims of serial child molester Dr. Earl Bradley.
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