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SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER v. ESSEX COUNTY

111 N.J. 67 (1988)

543 A.2d 34

SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. COUNTY OF ESSEX, DEFENDANT, AND JESSIE WILLIAMS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Curtis Meanor, Acting Essex County Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (H. Curtis Meanor, attorney; Thomas M. Bachman, Asst. County Counsel, of counsel and on the briefs).

Barry H. Ostrowsky argued the cause for respondent (Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, attorneys; Barry H. Ostrowsky and Todd C. Brower, on the brief).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

The novel question for decision in this case is the extent to which a county is responsible for the hospitalization costs of an indigent county jail inmate where the inmate remains hospitalized past the termination of his sentence. The Appellate Division held that an implied contract existed between the parties obligating defendant Essex County to pay to plaintiff, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Saint Barnabas),...

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