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CLARK COUNTY v. NEVADA STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH, W. & R.

No. 5524.

445 P.2d 873 (1968)

CLARK COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Petitioner, v. NEVADA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WELFARE AND REHABILITATION, and Karl Harris, Director thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Franklin, Jr., Dist. Atty., Michael J. Wendell, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for petitioner.

Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Norman Samuelson, Robert A. Grayson, Deputy Attys. Gen., Department of Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation, Carson City, for respondents.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

An infant female child, born illegitimate and indigent, and now without known relatives, is also hydrocephalic. Medically, this means that she is so completely deteriorated, physically and mentally, that the prognosis is hopeless for any type of normal life. Having been a ward of the juvenile court in Clark County she was placed in Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital there. The county contends that the state is responsible for the...

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