Rosewood Care Center, Inc. v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Plaintiff Rosewood Care Center (Rosewood) filed suit against Caterpillar, Inc., seeking payment for services it provided to Caterpillar employee Betty Jo Cook while she was a patient at Rosewood. Plaintiff sought reimbursement based on Caterpillar’s alleged promise to pay. Caterpillar filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that the statute of frauds barred Rosewood’s suit. The trial court found that the statute of frauds did indeed bar Rosewood’s suit and dismissed the complaint. We hold that, under the current state of the law, the statute of frauds does not bar Rosewood’s suit. We therefore…