The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a psychiatric facility is not liable for negligence in a case where one of its counselors was sexually assaulted by a patient.

A three-judge panel consisting of Judges Jack Panella and Eugene Strassburger, along with Senior Judge James Gardner Colins, affirmed the trial court’s granting of judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant Carelink Community Support Services in plaintiff Michelle Grabowski’s lawsuit.