DARSIE v. DUKE UNIVERSITY

No. 7914SC990.

268 S.E.2d 554 (1980)

48 N.C. App. 20

Charles DARSIE, Guardian Ad Litem for Lola Mae Hardy v. DUKE UNIVERSITY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover C. McCain, Jr., and James B. Archbell, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Newsom, Graham, Hedrick, Murray, Bryson & Kennon by E. C. Bryson, Jr., Durham, for defendant-appellee.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff's sole contention on appeal is that defendant may not assert the defense of charitable immunity for negligence in the medical treatment furnished by Duke Hospital because the hospital operations, although an integral part of Duke University, constitute a commercial and noncharitable enterprise. Plaintiff argues that although the University as a whole operated as a charitable institution during the fiscal year 1961-62 because only forty...

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