Cowart v. Georgia Hospital Service Ass'n

Evans, Judge.

Dorothy W. Cowart incurred a hospital bill with the Hall County Hospital. She paid $751.03, leaving a balance of $1,034.67. She had a hospital insurance policy with Georgia Hospital Service Association, Inc. She demanded that her insurer pay, and the insurer refused to pay her hospital bill. The patient then sued her insurer for the amount of $2,500.

Defendant denied owing the sum but later amended its answer, and asserted that while its liability was doubtful it elected to pay into the court the sum of $1,073.70. It also interpleaded the Hall County Hospital Authority because…