BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. FREEMAN

No. 30,318.

245 Ind. 71 (1964)

196 N.E.2d 274

BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. FREEMAN.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Dissenting opinion filed February 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall E. Hanley, Bracken, De Fur, Voran & Hanley, of Muncie, William R. Hunter, and Mendenhall, Hunter & Stohler, of Winchester, for appellant.

Frank E. Gilkison, Jr., White, Haymond, Pierce & Beasley, of Muncie, John E. Bales, and Wilson & Bales, of Winchester, for appellee.


LANDIS, C.J.

This was an action against appellant-hospital, a charitable corporation, for personal injuries received by appellee while a patient at such hospital. Appellee recovered a judgment upon a jury's verdict in the amount of $7,500.00.

Appellant's first contention on this appeal is that appellant-hospital being a charitable corporation, could not be liable for the negligence alleged in this case.

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