Minnesota medical equipment supplier sues Bristol Hospital for $444K over breach of contract
CLOE POISSON / CTMIRROR.ORG
Bristol Hospital.
Agiliti Health Inc., a Wallingford-based medical equipment supplier, has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Bristol Hospital Inc., accusing it of failing to pay more than $460,000 for equipment and services.
The lawsuit was filed on April 4 in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. It states that Bristol Hospital failed to make payments for leased medical equipment and to pay fees owed for maintaining and servicing the equipment.
Agiliti Health is a medical equipment and services company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It has locations in 15 states, including two in Connecticut, in Wallingford and Windsor.
According to the complaint, Agiliti signed a supplemental equipment services agreement with Bristol Hospital in April 2020. Under the agreement, it would provide the hospital with equipment safety, maintenance and repair services.
In exchange, the complaint states, Bristol Hospital agreed to pay “an annualized fee, paid in monthly installments.”
The complaint states that between December 2023 and December 2024, Agiliti issued invoices to Bristol for equipment rentals and repair services, and that under the agreement a total payment of $420,681.04 was due between February 2024 and March 2025.
“Bristol has not paid any of the amounts indicated as being outstanding on the statement of account,” the lawsuit states.
The hospital also failed to pay invoices it received from Agiliti Health affiliates Agiliti Surgical Inc., Agiliti Surgical Equipment Repair Inc. and Sizewise Rentals LLC, the complaint states.
When the unpaid invoices for all parties is totaled, the hospital owes “an amount to be determined at trial but in no event less than $444,182.66, plus late charges of 18% per annum,” the complaint states.
Agiliti Health is also seeking reimbursement for attorneys’ fees and expenses.
Kurt Barwis, Bristol Hospital and Health Group president and CEO, said the lawsuit was just recently received by the hospital’s legal counsel and that he has not yet read it.
“What I can say is that we in good faith attempted to resolve contractual issues of both billing and services to be provided to the hospital,” he said. “For a variety of reasons we moved to a new vendor earlier this year.”
He added, “While we will defend ourselves against these claims, we continue to be willing to resolve our differences in good faith.”
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