Lenox Hill Hospital v. Firkal

Lenox Hill Hospital is seeking to recover the sum of $3,567.07, representing a hospital hill for services *578rendered to defendant’s former wife in 1966 and 1967. The parties had been divorced in Alabama in 1956, more than 10 years before the former wife had been admitted into the hospital to have a biopsy performed. Defendant conceded he signed a consent form some time after her admission and plaintiff’s case revolves around this unambiguous consent, which is on the reverse side of the admission sheet.

The consent form reads: “ I hereby consent to the administration and/or to the performance of…