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AVELLONE v. HOSPITAL

No. 34512.

165 Ohio St. 467 (1956)

AVELLONE, APPELLANT, v. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A. W. Thomas and Mr. Ellis B. Brannon, for appellant.

Messrs. Arter, Hadden, Wykoff & Van Duzer and Mr. R. Crawford Morris, for appellee.

MATTHIAS, acting C. J.

The question raised by the pleadings is whether a corporation not for profit, which has as its purpose the maintenance and operation of a hospital, and whose funds and income are derived from private donations, public agencies and paying patients, is immune from liability as to a former patient who alleges that he was injured as a result of negligence on the part of the hospital while he was a patient therein. The question is raised by a demurrer...

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