Legal Opinion
Myers v. Drozda
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1966No. 36014PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
An infant girl and her father urge us to repudiate the court-made rule which has exempted nonprofit charitable .hospitals from liabiilty for negligent injuries to patients. In the district court the rule of exemption produced a ■summary judgment for the hospital on the personal in*184jury claim of the girl and the derivative claim of her father. These appeals followed.
For purposes of review we assume the truth of the following statements. Defendant Lutheran Medical Center is a charitable corporation Operating a nonprofit hospital. While the baby girl was a patient in the surgical quarters of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Bing v. ThunigNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Parker v. Port Huron HospitalMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- Flagiello v. Pennsylvania HospitalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. BurlisonNebraska Supreme Court · 1998
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- Abernathy v. Sisters of St. Mary'sSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Succession of ClivensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Brown v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
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