1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 410 Mass.
  5. 410 Mass. 625 (1991)
 

SALEM HOSPITAL v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE

410 Mass. 625 (1991)

574 N.E.2d 385

SALEM HOSPITAL vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of Public Welfare.

Joseph A. Robinson for the plaintiff.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

In December, 1988, Maria Stovropoulou, a citizen of Greece visiting relatives in Massachusetts on a visitor's visa, received emergency medical treatment at the plaintiff hospital. Thereafter, the hospital applied to the Department of Public Welfare (department) on Stovropoulou's behalf for Medicaid benefits to pay for the treatment.

General Laws c. 118E, § 5 (1990 ed.), directs the department to "furnish medical assistance to each eligible...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases