AUDIT & ADJUSTMENT CO. v. EARL

No. 40416-8-II.

267 P.3d 441 (2011)

AUDIT & ADJUSTMENT COMPANY, Respondent, v. Donald EARL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

November 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberlee Walker Olsen , Luke, Casteel & Olsen, Lynnwood, WA, for Respondent.

John Matthew Geyman , Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Health Law Advocates and Northwest Justice Project.


PART PUBLISHED OPINION

ARMSTRONG, J.

¶ 1 In 2006, Donald Earl received emergency medical services from Jefferson Healthcare. Audit & Adjustment Company (Audit), a collection agency, filed a debt collection action against Earl in Jefferson County District Court to collect his unpaid hospital bills. Earl argued, as an affirmative defense, that he did not owe the debt because the hospital had wrongfully denied his application for charity care under...

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