Cibor v. Oakwood Hospital

Plaintiff Esther Cibor appeals from a partial summary judgment1 granted by the trial court in favor of defendant Oakwood Hospital on the basis that the defendant is a charitable insti*4tution and thus immune from liability for negligent acts of its employees.

Plaintiff alleged that while a patient in defendant hospital she was administered an injection in the left buttock by a student nurse, as a result of which she suffered pain, numbness and paralysis of the left leg and foot. She claimed negligence on the part of defendant by virtue of the negligence of its employee and by hiring or…