Doris, an eighty-seven-year-old widow, collapsed while shopping at a store. She was taken to the Detroit city hospital by ambula
nce. She stayed there for fourteen days and was then transferred to another hospital, where she later died. She never regained consciousness. After she died, the hospitals and the ambulance company sued her estate to recover their expenses. Will Doris’s estate be held liable for the medical bills?
Doris estate will be held responsible for her medical bill because that is where she is staying except if she has a relative that would take care of the hospital bill. If not the estate will have to settle the bill.
