Hodgson v. William Beaumont Hospital

This is a negligence action against defendant hospital. The acts of negligence alleged occurred prior to our decision in Parker v. Port Huron Hospital, 361 Mich 1, in which, for that case and for causes of action subsequently arising, we renounced the rule of charitable hospital immunity. On the day this case was assigned for jury trial, after rendition of our decision in Parker, defendant orally moved its dismissal on the ground that defendant was a charitable institution and, therefore, immune from liability for its acts of negligence occurring prior to the decision in Parker.

Upon refusal…