Waddell v. Y. W. C. A.

The well-settled rule in Ohio is that a hospital which is a charitable institution is not liable for injuries resulting from negligence of its servants unless it is shown that it failed to use due care in the selection or retention of the servants who caused the injury. Taylor, Admr., v. ProtestantHospital Assn., 85 Ohio St. 90, 96 N.E. 1089; Taylor v.Flower Deaconess Home and Hospital, 104 Ohio St. 61,135 N.E. 287, 23 A. L. R., 900; Rudy v. Lakeside Hospital, 115 Ohio St. 539, 155 N.E. 126; Lakeside Hospital v. Kovar, Admr., 131 Ohio St. 333, 2 N.E.2d 857.

While many different theories are…