Legal Opinion

Durney v. St. Francis Hospital, Inc.

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided August 8, 1951No. Civ. A. No. 160, May Term, 1947PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Richards. P. J.:

In order to pass upon the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, it is necessary to consider three questions which are raised by the pleadings in this case.

First, is the defendant, St. Francis Hospital, Incorporated, organized, conducted and maintained, as shown by the pleadings in this case, a charitable institution?

Second, is a corporation not organized for profit and with no capital stock, which conducts and maintains a hospital as a charitable institution, exempt from liability for the negligence of its agents or employees such as nurses, when such negligence results in…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  3. Fire Insurance Patrol v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  4. Silva v. Providence Hospital of OaklandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Parks v. Northwestern UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Moore v. SizemoreSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
  2. Bing v. ThunigNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  3. Parker v. Port Huron HospitalMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Collopy v. Newark Eye and Ear InfirmarySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
  5. Rabon v. Rowan Memorial Hospital IncorporatedSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967

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