OHIO STATE UNIV. HOSP. v. KINKAID

No. 88-1744.

48 Ohio St. 3d 78 (1990)

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, APPELLANT, v. KINKAID, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Perry R. Silverman and Chester T. Lyman, Jr., for appellant.

Brandt & Hull and Joseph W. Hull, for appellee.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue before us is whether a wife is liable for the payment of hospital or medical expenses incurred by her husband before his death when, at the husband's death, his assets are insufficient to pay such expenses.

R.C. 3103.03 provides, in relevant part, that "[t]he husband must support himself, his wife, and his minor children out of his property or by his labor. If he is unable to do so, the wife must assist him so far as she is...

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