Brown v. Richardson

OPINION and ORDER

McCUNE, District Judge.

Defendant’s motion for summary judgment requires that we determine whether the Social Security Administration, an administrative agency of the United States Government, can be es-topped to deny payment of benefits, when payment would work a result inconsistent with the substantive provisions of the Social Security Act. At issue is the liability of the Administration for the cost of in-patient hospital services furnished to plaintiff’s father by the Jameson Memorial Hospital from January 13, 1970, until his death on April 26,1970.

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Background

Plaintiff, a…