Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital, Inc. v. Sakwa

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1998No. 93-CA-00156-SCTPublished

1DissentMcRAE, Justice

¶ 9. Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Plospital, Inc., a Maryland corporation with its principal place of .business in Maryland, seeks to collect from Herman Sakwa some $107,188.34 in unpaid bills for the treatment of his minor child, Stephanie, which it was unable to collect from the custodial parent, Diane Sakwa. A third-party supplier of medical services should not be allowed to maintain an action, pursuant either to statutory authority or common law, against a non-custodial parent for medical expenses rendered on behalf of his or her minor child when there has been an intervention by a court and a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mantachie Nat. Gas v. Miss. Valley Gas Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. McLain v. West Side Bone & Joint CenterMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Kriedo v. KriedoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
  4. Westbrook v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Rolison v. City of MeridianMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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