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KOJIS v. DOCTORS HOSPITAL

12 Wis.2d 367 (1961)

KOJIS, by Guardian, Respondent, v. DOCTORS HOSPITAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by John A. Kluwin and Bernard J. Hankin, attorneys, and Whyte, Hirschboeck, Minahan, Harding & Harland of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Reginald W. Nelson and Mr. Hankin, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by Paulsen, Wake & Prosser, attorneys, and John F. Zimmermann of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Zinimermann.

BROADFOOT, J.

In our consideration of the action we are assuming that the defendant is a charitable hospital and operates as such. We are concerning ourselves only with the question of whether or not a charitable hospital should be exempt from liability for its own negligence or that of its agents, servants, or employees to a paying patient.

Such immunity was first recognized in Wisconsin in the case of Morrison v. Henke (1917), 165 Wis. 166, 160 N...

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