Court Opinion

ID: 9756184
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 21:12:53.39294+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:56:24.133607
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O’Sullivan, C. J.
(dissenting in part). I disagree with that part of the opinion which perpetuates the rule of nonliability of charitable hospitals, since the rule is out of step with modern concepts of justice. President & Directors of Georgetown College v. Hughes, 130 F.2d 810, 827; Ray v. Tucson Medical Center, 72 Ariz. 22, 36, 230 P.2d 220; Silva v. Providence Hospital, 14 Cal. 2d 762, 776, 97 P.2d 798; Haynes v. Presbyterian Hospital Assn., 241 Iowa 1269, 1274, 45 N.W.2d 151; Noel v. Menninger Foundation, 175 Kan. 751, 763, 267 P.2d 934; Mississippi Baptist Hospital v. Holmes, 214 Miss. 906, 940, 55 So. 2d 142; Bing v. Thunig, 2 N.Y.2d 656, 667, 143 N.E.2d 3; Avellone v. St. John’s Hospital, 165 Ohio St. 467, 477, 135 N.E.2d 410; Pierce v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Assn., 43 Wash. 2d 162, 180, 260 P.2d 765; 4 Scott, Trusts (2d Ed.) § 402; 2A Bogert, Trusts & Trustees, § 401; Prosser, Torts (2d Ed.) p. 786; note, 25 A.L.R.2d 29.