Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine v. Saffran

The plaintiff, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (‘Tufts”), commenced this action to recover the unpaid balance of its veterinary hospital charges for its treatment of defendant Elliott Saffran’s (“Saffran”) horse. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Tufts for the full amount of Saffran’s unpaid bill, plus interest. Saffran filed this appeal. There was no error.

The unrefuted evidence in the record before us indicates that Saffran’s horse, Quincy, was brought to Tufts’ Hospital for Large Animals on September 25,2007 for emergency treatment. The 29 year old horse was…