Davie v. Board of Regents, University of California

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted in consequence of the negligence of a physician in charge of an infirmary maintained by defendant at the University of California -at Berkeley. A demurrer, both general and special, was interposed to the complaint primarily upon the ground that it shows defendant to be a state agency in charge of a governmental function, and that the infirmary, being maintained in connection with and as a part of -this educational institution, defendant is not liable for the alleged torts of its agents in the operation…