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Cowan v. Hospice Support Care

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Current status: REVERSED
As of: Nov 5, 2004
Source: SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA · DOCKET 032758 ↗

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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 r…

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