Legal Opinion

Bachman v. Young Women's Christian Ass'n

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1922PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.

This court in Morrison v. Henke, 165 Wis. 166, 160 N. W. 173, after a consideration of the various doctrines concerning, and the decisions of this and other jurisdictions on, the broad question there presented, decided that a charitable institution such as was the defendant hospital there, was not responsible in damages to a patient injured by reason of some want of ordinary care on the part of its employees. Such conclusion there reached is equally applicable to the situation and position of the appealing defendant in the present case and requires á reversal of the judgment.

It was properly…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Mulliner v. Evangelischer DiakonniessenvereinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  3. Morrison v. HenkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Hill v. Tualatin AcademyOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Apfelbacher v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  2. Henderson v. Twin Falls CountyIdaho Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Cashman v. Meriden HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  4. Widell v. Holy Trinity Catholic ChurchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Nicholson v. Good Samaritan HospitalSupreme Court of Florida · 1940

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