St. Walburg Monastery of Benedictine Sisters of Covington, Kentucky, Inc. v. Feltner's Administrator

MOREMEN, Judge.

Hazel Feltner, while a patient in the Mount Mary Hospital, a charitable institution, died allegedly because of negligent administration of oxygen, in postoperative treatment, by a named defendant, Sister Mary Gabriel. Appellee, Garrett Feltner, administrator of the estate of Hazel Felt-ner, brought suit against appellants, St. *785Walburg Monastery of Benedictine Sisters, who operate the hospital, and Sister Mary Gabriel, which resulted in a verdict and judgment of $6,500.

So again we are confronted with the question of legal immunity of charitable institutions for the torts of…