CITY OF HOMESTEAD v. DADE COUNTY

No. 82-667.

425 So.2d 593 (1982)

CITY OF HOMESTEAD, Appellant, v. DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and the Public Health Trust of Dade County, Florida, an Agency and Instrumentality of Dade County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul & Thomson and Jon W. Zedar and Jerold I. Budney, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., and Robert L. Blake, Asst. County Atty., for appellees.

Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for American Hosp. of Miami, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The City of Homestead filed suit to enforce Dade County's alleged duty to assume responsibility for the medical care of indigent patients treated in the municipal hospital. In a multi-count complaint, the City sought declaratory, monetary, and injunctive relief predicated upon: (a) the deed by which the County acquired Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1948; (b) a 1967 final decree allegedly construing the County's responsibilities; (c) state statutes; and...

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