Comment on Why didn't the mother just use her private doctor on her yacht?

• Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think he was served papers at one point around the 3-4 year mark, but just told the hospital he wasn’t going to pay since they already had agreed in writing he didn’t have to pay. He never went to court. I don’t know the exact process, it was never explained to my brother in law, but given they had a valid, unpaid bill of 8 years (and multiple attempts to get him to pay on record) was enough?

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s a default judgement then. If you’re served, you need to respond, or else the judge declares in favor of the plaintiff.

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    • Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sure, I understand that the judge didn’t do anything wrong, but the hospital was wrong to even try garnishing wages in the first place

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      • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’ll get no disagreement from me, the system is broken.

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