Legal Opinion
Marlborough Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 1964PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
Marlborough Hospital (the hospital) sought judicial review in the Superior Court of a decision of the Commissioner of Public Welfare under G. L. c. 118A, § 21. The controversy arose because of the refusal of the city of Marlborough to pay to the hospital the amount of its charges for a part of a patient’s stay in the hospital.
In the Superior Court the hospital prevailed in all of its substantive contentions. The judge ruled (1) that the hearing before the referee (G. L. c. 118A, § 21) was not the “fair hearing” required by that section, (2) the decision of the referee (approved by the…
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