Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District

— Plaintiff Louisa C. Muskopf was a paying patient in the Corning Memorial Hospital. She and her husband allege that because of the negligence of the hospital staff she fell and further injured the broken hip for which she was being treated. Defendant demurred on the ground that the Corning Hospital District is immune from liability for tort under the rule of Talley v. Northern San Diego County Hospital District, 41 Cal.2d 33 [257 P.2d 22], which held that a hospital district was a state agency exercising a governmental function and as such was immune from tort liability. Defendant’s demurrer…