Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida

This is pretty complicated. 2 years ago my fiance fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the road. He was stressed with a recent breakup and a 60 hour/week workload. Luckily no one else was involved. The police and doctors at the hospital immediately assumed he was drunk but they found that he was simply tired and put him on loads of sedatives and admitted him to a psychiatric hospital against his will (he was loaded on drugs) for several weeks. They even called a best friend to get a previous mental health record and the friend said there was no previous mental health issues...is a happy guy. They took him off drugs and acted surprised when he functioned normally...they really thought they had cured him, but he was fine all along! He had to stay in the state for many weeks and because they hospital and accident made him broke he actually was forced to live in a homeless center because of the impending court order. The court order found he had no offenses (ever) and he had basically done nothing wrong and he was free. It was a nightmare to say the least. Fast forward to two years later and we look at his credit report and there it is, almost $60,000 the hospital charged him for holding him involuntarily! They have sent it to a collections agency and we feel it is not only unethical but completely unlawful they charges and harm this hospital and even maybe the state of Florida has caused my fiance. He really thought this was all behind him and now we are desperately trying to find some advice.

Asked on 9/24/09, 3:29 am

David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

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He shoud write a letter to the collection agency disputing the charge. If they sue him to collect, hire me.

Answered on 9/24/09, 3:48 pm

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