Wheeler v. St. Clair County Hospital District No. 1

SEILER, Judge.

A summary judgment was granted defendant hospital district on its plea of sovereign immunity in this action by plaintiff for the wrongful death of his wife, a patient in the hospital, resulting from a fire which allegedly was caused by the defendant’s negligence. The court of appeals, Springfield district, affirmed the action of the trial court. On application of plaintiff, we ordered transfer. This case is one of several which were argued in this court on the same date involving the question of governmental immunity for tort liability and its disposition on this appeal is…