Rabon v. Rowan Memorial Hospital Incorporated

152 S.E.2d 485 (1967)

269 N.C. 1

Homer D. RABON

v.

ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED.

No. 605.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 20, 1967.

George L. Burke, Jr., and Archibald C. Rufty, Salisbury, for plaintiff appellant.

Shuford, Kluttz & Hamlin, Clarence Kluttz, Salisbury, for defendant appellee.

SHARP, Justice:

This appeal presents only one question. Is defendant Hospital's plea of charitable immunity a valid defense to plaintiff's action? This Court has held that it is. In Williams v. Randolph Hospital, 237 N.C. 387, 389, 75 S.E.2d 303, 304, it is said:

"It is settled law in this…