Society of New York Hospital v. Burstein

Determination of the Appellate Term affirming the judgment of the Municipal Court, First District, in favor of the third-party plaintiff in the sum of $504.06 after a nonjury trial, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, with $50 costs to third-party defendant-appellant, and the complaint dismissed. The issue in this ease is whether the third-party defendant-appellant Associated Hospital Service of New York (AHS) is obligated under its family policy issued to the third-party plaintiff to pay the hospital bill incurred by his wife. AHS denies liability by reason of the following…