Jersey Shore Medical Center-Fitkin Hospital v. Estate of Baum
Supreme Court of New Jersey
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
This case presents the novel question whether, in the absence of an express agreement, a widow is liable for the hospital and medical expenses of the last illness of her deceased husband. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendant, Carolyn Baum, and plaintiff, Jersey Shore Medical Center-Fit-kin Hospital, appealed. We granted direct certification. 81 N.J. 358 (1979). We now affirm the summary judgment for Mrs. Baum.
Sidney Baum, defendant’s late husband, died at the hospital after a long illness which exhausted his medicaid…
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