# Michael v. Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital of Philadelphia

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 27, 1961 · 404 Pa. 424

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6258023

## Case

- **Full name:** Michael v. Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Ellsworth v. St. Agnes Hospital
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 27, 1961
- **Citations:** 404 Pa. 424; 172 A.2d 769
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bok
- **Judges:** Bell, Bok, Cohen, Eagen, Jones, Musmanno
- **Cited by:** 25 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bok:
I favor abolishing the immunity of hospitals for their torts but by the prospective method adopted by the late Mr. Justice Cardozo and approved by the Supreme Court of the United States in Great Northern Railway v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co., 287 U. S. 358 *443 (1932) : see also the lead article in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 109, No. 1, issue of November, 1960.
Until a majority of this court agrees with me, I prefer to see the immunity continue. Hence my position as a member of the present majority.

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