Brown Ex Rel. Estate of Brown v. Anderson County Hospital Ass'n

Rhodes, Justice.

The plaintiffs brought this action in their representative capacity on behalf of the widow and nine children of the deceased, William Joseph Brown, seeking damages for the death of the deceased while he was a patient at Anderson *482Memorial Hospital.1 The defendant asserted several defenses, including that of charitable immunity, and moved for summary judgment. The circuit judge granted the defendant’s motion on the ground that the defendant is an eleemosynary corporation and is, therefore, immune from liability for claims based upon the alleged negligence and recklessness of its…