Eie v. St. Benedict's Hospital

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs appeal a judgment of the lower court which denied them alleged damages for breach of contract.

Plaintiffs Eie and Brown are both paramedics, trained in California. In June, 1975, Eie approached defendant Eisleben (administrator of the St. Benedict’s Hospital) about the possibility of establishing a paramedic base at the hospital. Eie pointed out to Eisleben how the hospital would benefit from such a program both in terms of public relations and additional patients. Eie represented that the charge for each paramedic call where emergency medical services were…