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Judge issues TRO prohibiting CUC from disconnecting utility services to CHC
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman issued Wednesday late afternoon a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. from disconnecting electric, water, and sewer utility services to the Commonwealth Health Care Corp.
Wiseman said CHCC would suffer immediate and irreparable injury should CUC disconnect any of its utility services as CHCC would become immediately unable to provide critical healthcare and public health services to the public.
CUC has threatened to disconnect unspecified utility services to CHCC after the two agencies are at an impasse when CUC recently rejected outright the $325,000 monthly payment offer made by hospital officials to settle its arrears.
According to CUC’s lawsuit filed in December 2013, CHCC is indebted to CUC for utility services in the principal sum of $9,690,875.67, together with pre-judgment interest. It was last reported that the hospital owes CUC $11 million in past due accounts.
CHCC requested the court to issue a TRO and preliminary injunction.
Wiseman set a hearing of the motion for preliminary injunction for May 29, 2014, at 1:30am.
More details to follow.
