# Lesko v. Frankford Hospital-Bucks County

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · January 19, 2011 · 609 Pa. 115

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9770113

## Case

- **Full name:** Jeanne LESKO, as Executrix of the Estate of Kathleen Bernath, Appellee v. FRANKFORD HOSPITAL-BUCKS COUNTY, Frankford Healthcare System, Inc., Jefferson Health System, Inc., Frankford Hospitals, Appellants; Jeanne Lesko, as Executrix of the Estate of Kathleen Bernath, Appellee v. Frankford Hospital-Bucks County, Frankford Healthcare System, Inc., Jefferson Health System, Inc., Frankford Hospitals, Appellants
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** January 19, 2011
- **Citations:** 609 Pa. 115; 15 A.3d 337
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Saylor
- **Judges:** Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Todd, McCaffery, Melvin
- **Cited by:** 89 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that courts should not “qnterpret one provision of a contract in a manner which results in another portion being annulled”
- stating courts “will not interpret one provision of a contract in a manner which results in another portion being annulled” (quotation and quotation marks omitted)
- stating “[w]hen a written contract is clear and unequivocal, its meaning must be determined by its contents alone”

## Opinion text

*128 Justice SAYLOR,
concurring.
It seems clear to me that the timing of Mrs. Bernath’s death frustrated a material aspect of the settlement agreement— providing a stream of payments to meet her ongoing needs— as no payments ever ensued. Nevertheless, I support the majority’s holding that the relief awarded by the common pleas court, namely, enforcement of a payment term which does not appear in the agreement, is unavailable.

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