McLean Hospital Corp. v. Rumage

This is an action in contract in which the plaintiff-hospital seeks to recover $7,136.46 in medical care and services furnished to defendant Stanley Rumage. The plaintiff further alleges that defendant Benjamin Rumage, Stanleys father, is liable for the amount in question upon an express agreement he made to be financially co-responsible for the hospital expenses incurred by his adult son.

The report and the trial justice’s summary of the evidence, [see Olofson v. Kilgallon, 362 Mass. 803, 805 (1973),] disclose the following: Defendant Stanley Rumage, a thirty-five year old resident of New…