Fournier v. Miriam Hospital

These two actions of trespass on the case for negligence were brought in the superior court by a husband and wife for injuries to the latter allegedly resulting from the negligence of the defendant’s servants and agents. In each case the defendant answered by way of a general denial and pleaded specially the immunity of G. L. 1956, §7-1-22, to which special pleas the plaintiffs demurred. The cases are before us on their bills of exceptions to the overruling of their demurrers.

Since the issue is the same in each case we shall treat the bills of exceptions as though there were but one, that of…