Affiliated Hospital Center, Inc. v. Klosterman

This is a civil action in which the plaintiff hospital seeks to recover $4,249.28 from the defendant for medical services rendered by the plaintiff to Rita Klosterman, the deceased wife of the defendant, at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, which is operated by the plaintiff. The defendant denies any liability to the plaintiff.

At the trial, the only witness was Mrs. Dorothy M. Lynch, Credit Officer for the plaintiff and the person in charge of the hospital’s records. The plaintiff put into evidence hospital records maintained by the plaintiff in the usual course of its business, which showed…