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Cowan v. Hospice Support Care
No. 032758Supreme Court of Virginia
032758 Cowan v. Hospice Support Care 11/05/2004 The circuit court erred in sustaining a plea of charitable immunity to pleadings alleging gross negligence as well as willful and wanton negligence committed by …
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032758 Cowan v. Hospice Support Care 11/05/2004 The circuit court erred in sustaining a plea of charitable immunity to pleadings …
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032758 Cowan v. Hospice Support Care 11/05/2004 The circuit court erred in sustaining a plea of charitable immunity to pleadings alleging gross negligence as well as willful and wanton negligence committed by volunteers of the defendant charity, a residential hospice facility. The public policy rationale shielding a charity from liability for acts of simple negligence does not extend to acts of gross negligence or acts of willful and wanton negligence. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded.
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