Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Hemenway v. Presbyterian Hospital Ass'n of Colo.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 24, 1966No. 21875Published

1ConcurrenceJustice McWilliams

I concur in the majority opinion and would simply add these few comments of my own.

As I understand the cases, in Colorado the doctrine of so-called charitable immunity means only that charitable trust funds are immune from levy and execution and the doctrine as heretofore announced by this court does not mean that a charitable institution, as such, is *46immune from suit or from having a judgment rendered against it in a tort action, for example. See St. Luke’s Hospital Association v. Long, 125 Colo. 25, 240 P.2d 917, 31 A.L.R. 2d 1120.

Hence, the doctrine of charitable immunity as it exists in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. St. Lukes Hospital Ass'n v. LongSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
  2. Michard v. Myron Stratton HomeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1960

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