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· 1/22/2009

Seth v. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center

Citations

  • 291 S.W.3d 179
  • 375 Ark. 413
  • 2009 Ark. LEXIS 38

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  • holding that waiver of the defense of charitable immunity did not result from failure to plead it in the original answer
  • holding that waiver of the defense of charitable immunity did not result from failure to plead it in the original answer
  • noting that the doctrine of charitable immunity provides charitable organizations with immunity both from liability and from suit and that the defense of charitable immunity was not waived by failure to plead it in the original answer
  • “[C]haritable immunity is an affirmative defense that must be specifically asserted in a responsive pleading under Ark. R. Civ. P. 8.”(emphasis added)

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Judges: Elana Cunningham Wills

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