Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Stewart
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1971No. 5632PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal by the District of Columbia from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the administratrix of the estate of Clifton C. Watson, deceased, a former patient at St. Elizabeths Hospital. The government contends that the trial court erred in ruling that the District of Columbia was estopped from recovering the full cost of the decedent’s care because an employee of the hospital purported to contract to accept a lesser amount in satisfaction of the obligation.
In September 1964, decedent entered St. Elizabeths Hospital as a voluntary patient and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. MetruskySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Moses v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- National Hospital Service Soc., Inc. v. JordanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Knackstedt v. Department of Mental HealthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
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