PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST v. CARROLL

No. 4-86-1468.

509 So.2d 1232 (1987)

PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital, Appellant, v. Teresa CARROLL, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and American Risk Assurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade Co. Atty., and Robert L. Blake, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, for appellant.

James A. Bonfiglio, Palm Beach, for appellee-Carroll.


WALDEN, Judge.

This appeal requires a determination of the validity of a hospital lien.

Teresa Carroll was injured in an automobile accident. Her injuries were treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She ran up a substantial bill.

The Dade County Hospital Lien Ordinance provides that, "In order to perfect such lien, the executive officer or agent of a hospital, before, or within ten (10) days after, any such person shall have been discharged from such...

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