RABON v. ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED

No. 605.

152 S.E.2d 485 (1967)

269 N.C. 1

Homer D. RABON v. ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Burke, Jr., and Archibald C. Rufty, Salisbury, for plaintiff appellant.

Shuford, Kluttz & Hamlin, Clarence Kluttz, Salisbury, for defendant appellee.


SHARP, Justice:

This appeal presents only one question. Is defendant Hospital's plea of charitable immunity a valid defense to plaintiff's action? This Court has held that it is. In Williams v. Randolph Hospital, 237 N.C. 387, 389, 75 S.E.2d 303, 304, it is said:

"It is settled law in this jurisdiction that a charitable institution may not be held liable to a beneficiary of the charity for...

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