Doris, an eighty-seven-year-old widow, collapsed while shopping at a store. she was taken to the detroit city hospital by ambulance. 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?

Question

Business

Georgia Barrett

15 October, 03:28

Doris, an eighty-seven-year-old widow, collapsed while shopping at a store. she was taken to the detroit city hospital by ambulance. 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?

+4

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Cristal Chase · Answer 1

The answer is yes, the source of the obligation would be a quasi-contract. In a quasi-contract, there is an agreement between the two parties without preceding obligations to one another that has been made and lawfully recognized by the court. In a quasi-contract, neither involved party is predictable to create such a contract; this contract is decided and obligatory by a judge to correct a condition in which one party obtains somewhat at the expenditure of the other party. In the principle of the quasi-contract, no one should be gaining and the other party is losing, so the party that gained should pay the right compensation so no one is unjustly enriched.