LeMAY v. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

No. 5-5145.

450 S.W.2d 297 (1970)

Odus H. LeMAY, Appellant, v. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branscum, Schmidt & Mazzanti, Little Rock, for appellant.

E. Harley Cox, Jr., George N. Holmes and Charles S. Goldberger, Pine Bluff, for appellees.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

This case represents another effort to persuade this court to discard and repudiate the doctrine of charitable immunity to tort actions. Properties belonging to Trinity Lutheran Church, one of the appellees herein, and Odus H. LeMay, appellant, adjoin each other, being located within a residential section of Pine Bluff. According to the complaint filed by LeMay against the church and Peter Smykla, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees, a large...

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