LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, ETC. v. DEPT. OF P.W., ETC.

No. 3-776A178.

397 N.E.2d 638 (1979)

LUTHERAN HOSPITAL OF FORT WAYNE, Inc.; Parkview Memorial Hospital, Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana; St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF ALLEN COUNTY, Indiana, Appellee (Defendant below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Raver, Sr., Richard D. Robinson, Rothberg, Gallmeyer, Fruechtenicht & Logan, Fort Wayne, for appellants.

Philip H. Larmore, Adair, Perry, Beers, Mallers, Scott & Larmore, David A. Stewart, Miller & Stewart, Fort Wayne, for appellee.


HOFFMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court declaring that three Fort Wayne hospitals are entitled to reimbursement from the Allen County Department of Public Welfare (Department) for emergency medical treatment rendered to indigents suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction or emotional illness but not for services associated with normal pregnancies.

On July 8, 1975, an action for a declaratory judgment was filed in Allen Superior...

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