Methadone Clinic Owed No Duty to Jogger Killed by Negligently Treated Patient

Ritz v. Ramsay, 305 A.3d 1056 (Pa. Super. 2023) – The decedent plaintiff in this matter was struck and killed by a vehicle operated by Ramsay, a patient of the defendant, a methadone clinic. Ramsay had been given an unusually large dose of methadone from the clinic shortly before the accident, which the plaintiff proffered posed an unreasonable risk to the public as the clinic was aware that Ramsay was still using nonprescription antianxiety drugs and marijuana irrespective of his methadone…
By: Marshall Dennehey