N.C. BAPTIST HOSPITALS v. MITCHELL

No. 34PA88.

374 S.E.2d 844 (1988)

323 N.C. 528

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS, INC. v. Beverly R. MITCHELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner, Enochs, Sparrow, Boone & Falk, P.A. by Wendell H. Ott and Thomas E. Cone, Greensboro, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Henson, Henson, Bayliss & Coates by Paul D. Coates and Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, for the defendant-appellee.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by John R. Corne, Henry T. Rosser, and J. Charles Waldrup, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for The Div. of Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Div. of Medical Assistance of the North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources and The North Carolina Memorial Hosp., amici curiae.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The facts are essentially undisputed in this case. The record reveals that Henry L. Clark was treated at North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. (hereinafter "the hospital") for injuries he sustained in an automobile accident. Total charges for the medical services he received from the hospital amounted to $27,579.69. Clark executed an assignment1 to the hospital of all amounts...

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