ST. BARNABAS MED. CTR. v. ESSEX CTY.


211 N.J. Super. 488 (1986)

511 A.2d 1287

SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, PLAINTIFF, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX AND JESSE WILLIAMS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Essex County.

Decided January 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Pesce for plaintiff (Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, attorneys; Barry H. Ostrowsky of counsel; Michael Pesce and Todd Brower on the brief).

Oliver W. Cato for defendant County of Essex (David H. Ben-Asher, Essex County Counsel, attorney).


VILLANUEVA, J.S.C.

This is a complaint by a private, nonprofit hospital, for all hospital charges incurred, against a county and the prisoner it brought to the hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

The issue is whether a county can relieve itself of further responsibility for hospital charges for the prisoner it brought to the hospital by having his custodial sentence suspended.

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