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CHILL v. MISS. HOSP. REIMBURSEMENT COM'N

No. 53668.

429 So.2d 574 (1983)

Bernard W.N. CHILL, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Ernest B. Covington, Deceased. v. MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chill, Chill & Dove, Bernard W.N. Chill, Sr., Jackson, for appellant.

Sanford R. Horton, Jr., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

This case presents important questions of first impression in this state regarding state power versus individual rights: whether, under what circumstances, and with what procedural safeguards, may the state demand of the estate of one involuntarily civilly committed to the Mississippi State Hospital (MSH) at Whitfield reimbursement for all or part of the cost of care and treatment there rendered? We hold that under carefully limited...

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