Cases | Commonwealth v. Darling, 58 Pa. D. & C.4th 378 (2002) | 2018
The defendant pled guilty to one count of careless driving and one count of involuntary manslaughter. There was no trial testimony, but the pre-sentence investigation report contained copies of billing invoices for the medical, hospital, and emergency services actually provided to the victim for the injuries he sustained as a direct result of the defendant’s conduct, for which she pled criminally responsible. The defendant was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of the victim’s medical and funeral expenses. On appeal, the defendant claimed that direct payment to medical providers for medical and hospital services provided to a victim is not authorized by section 1106 of the Pennsylvania Crime Code. The court agreed with the defendant that the medical providers were not the proper recipients of the payments of restitution. The court noted, however, that this determination did not eliminate the defendant’s obligation to pay restitution. The court remanded the case for re-sentencing as to restitution.