South Carolina Department of Mental Health v. Glass ex rel. Estate of Glass

Lewis, Chief Justice:

The South Carolina Department of Mental Health instituted this action to obtain reimbursement for expenses incurred in providing for the medical care, treatment, and maintenance of R. Q. Glass, Sr., while a patient in the State Mental Health Facility. The trial court held that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations. We disagree and reverse.

Glass was admitted as a patient on May 4, 1961, and remained there until his death on December 6, 1967. Sally M. *93Glass was appointed administratrix of the estate on February 9, 1968, and the South Carolina Department of…