University of South Alabama v. Patterson

HOLMES, Judge.

The University of South Alabama Medical Center Hospital (hospital) filed suit against Leroy M. Patterson, the father of a fifteen-year-old daughter who had given birth to a baby at the hospital and received medical. services in connection therewith.

The hospital sought to collect approximately $3,600 from the father in payment of the services rendered to his minor daughter.

Both parties filed motions for summary judgment and apparently submitted the case to the trial court on stipulated facts. The trial court entered a summary judgment for the father, holding that he was not…