PERTH AMBOY GEN. HOSP. v. BD. OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF CTY. OF MIDDLESEX


158 N.J. Super. 556 (1978)

386 A.2d 900

PERTH AMBOY GENERAL HOSPITAL, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene M. Haring for plaintiffs (Messrs. McCarter & English, attorneys).

Mr. Francis C. Foley for defendant (Mr. Herman B. Hoffman, Middlesex County Counsel, attorney).

Mr. Martin Verp, Passaic County Counsel, submitted a brief amicus curiae.


COHEN, J.C.C. (temporarily assigned).

This action seeks to establish that Middlesex County is obliged to pay for the inpatient hospital care of certain nonpaying county residents. Plaintiffs are the three major local nonprofit hospitals. The matter is here on cross-motions for summary judgment. There are no factual differences of any consequence.

The claim by the hospitals against the county arises because there are some needy patients for whom the hospitals...

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