HARVILL v. COMMUNITY METHODIST HOSP.

No. 89-300.

786 S.W.2d 577 (1990)

302 Ark. 39

Kay HARVILL, Appellant, v. COMMUNITY METHODIST HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION d/b/a Arkansas Methodist Hospital; St. Paul Fire and Marine Casualty Co., Inc. and John Doe II, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart K. Lamber, Cherokee Village, for appellant.

Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellees.


GLAZE, Justice.

On December 18, 1983, the appellant, a nurse, was discharged from her employment by the Arkansas Methodist Hospital. Nearly three years later, she filed suit alleging breach of contract and tort of outrage. On January 2, 1987, the Hospital moved to dismiss appellant's suit alleging it was a non-profit institution and immune from tort liability under Ark.Code Ann. § 23-79-210 (1987). Appellant responded stating that "if the Hospital is a charitable...

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