Myers v. Genesee County Auditor

Genesee county operates a hospital. It was formerly known as the County Sanatorium and its use was restricted to patients suffering from tuberculosis. Later, pursuant to statute,1 its status was changed to a general hospital. It provided treatment for Genesee county welfare patients and also accepted private pay patients.

*5Plaintiff’s decedent, a 7-year-old child, was one of those latter. She was admitted as such on February 27, 1961, and died therein the following day after a tonsillectomy. It is claimed by her personal representative that her death was occasioned by wrongful acts and…