SIEWICZ v. WYOMING VALLEY HOSP

Torts — Charitable organizations — Hospitals — Tort liability — Immunity — Abolition of immunity.

1. A hospital, which is a charitable organization, is subject to liability to a patient who suffers personal injuries as the result of the hospital's negligence. [533-4]

2. Flagiello v. Pennsylvania Hospital, 417 Pa. 486, followed. [534]

Mr. Chief Justice BELL filed a dissenting opinion.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES dissented.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 22, 1965:

Reversed. Flagiello v. Pennsylvania Hospital, 417 Pa. 486, 208 A.2d 193.

Mr. Justice JONES dissents.

DISSENTING OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL:

I dissent for the reasons set forth at great length in my dissenting Opinion in Flagiello v. Pennsylvania Hospital, 417 Pa. 486, 208 A.2d 193.