Account Specialists & Credit Collections, Inc. v. Jackman

OPINION

BUETTNER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Account Specialists and Credit Collections, Inc. (Creditor), holder of an account from Mercy Hospital, sued George J. Jack-man, Jr., individually, to recover over $25,000 in medical expenses relating to Mrs. Jack-man’s last illness. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Creditor against Mr. Jackman pursuant to 43 O.S.1991 § 209, which codified the common law “Doctrine of Necessaries.”1 Because we find the law in question constitutionally infirm, we reverse the judgment.2

DOCTRINE OF NECESSARIES

¶2 The common law Doctrine of Necessaries permits…