Recent Developments in Ohio's Charitable Immunity Law

It is now almost five years since our Supreme Court announced its decision in the Avellone case. During these five years, the two problems created by the Avellone decision have ,like "Mother Carrie's chickens" "come home to roost." Our Supreme Court has resolved each in turn, one in favor of charitable immunity for all charitable institutions except those that have the misfortune to run hospitals, the other further against hospitals for all acts of all servants.