Western Mercantile Agency, Inc. v. Froats

The plaintiff as assignee of McAuley Hospital brought this action against the Froats and the Public Welfare Division administrator for the reasonable value of 51 days of services rendered the Froats’ minor son. The Froats were welfare recipients. They cross-claimed against the administrator for all but 21 days of the hospital services, which the Welfare Division had already paid. Their son had been severely burned, which reasonably necessitated hospitalization which totaled 51 days. Welfare Division’s pertinent Rule Seven provides that the maximum hospitalization for which it will pay for a…