Kilbourne v. Hanzelik

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The appellant, Linda Kilbourne, through her group medical insurance, paid fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) in doctors’ and hospital bills incurred by her husband after he was injured while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile. She then sought to recover the medical expenses thus paid by filing suit against the administrator of the deceased driver’s estate. It appears that the trial court granted the appellee’s motion for summary judgment because of the common law rules absolving a wife from any obligation for providing necessaries, including medical care, for…