ST. CATHERINE HOSP. v. ALVAREZ

No. 115,028.

383 P.3d 184 (2016)

ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL, dba St. Catherine Hospital Anesthesia Services, Appellee, v. Ovidio ALVAREZ, Appellee, and Bianca Alvarez, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed October 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Woods , of Kansas Legal Services, for appellant.

Amber M. Brehm , of Law Office of Amber M. Brehm, of Wichita, for appellee.

Before Leben, P.J., Pierron and McAnany, JJ.


After 17 years of marriage, Ovidio Alvarez left his wife to move in with another woman. More than 1 year later, Ovidio was injured in a car crash and treated at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. Ovidio, apparently uninsured, left a bill of $6,456 unpaid.

So the hospital sued Ovidio's wife, Bianca, who had by then divorced...

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