Goldfarb v. Associated Hospital Service

This action for breach of contract is brought by Shirley Goldfarb and her husband, Samuel Goldfarb, to recover the amount of $1,159 for which plaintiffs had become indebted to Montefiore Hospital in New Tork City. Plaintiffs and defendant had theretofore entered into a standard hospital insurance contract. Plaintiffs assert that the hospital services rendered are included in the insurance coverage; defendant sets forth the affirmative defense of exclusion by the terms of the contract.

Mrs. Goldfarb was a longtime sufferer of internal pain. Her family physician, plaintiffs’ witness, Dr. Meyer…