Why should she have to do anything? The debt was not hers, it was a mistake of billing by someone else. The courts allowed a (to me) illegal court action against her by the collection agency. The court should be holding all who participated in her arrest and incarceration in contempt of court. They should all be in jail. Every time someone is railroaded by the courts like this less and less people have faith in the justice system.
I think we are taking the ‘billing mistake’ at face value...and maybe we shouldn’t.
1. Did she receive services? Yes
2. Was she responsible for the bill? Yes.
If there was some confusion over how much insurance was supposed to pay etc., its still her responsibility to make sure the bill gets paid. Its that simple.
In alot of ways, this story reminds me of the Trayvon Martin case - we are presented with a victim, with very few details, and a slanted story....this makes me immediately suspicious. The details we weren’t given probably do not advance the story.