COUNTY DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. BAKER

No. 1-1081A306.

434 N.E.2d 958 (1982)

COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Dale Work, in His Official Capacity As Director of the County Department of Public Welfare of Vanderburgh County, Bruce Heathcotte, Janet Wyatt, Wanda Lyles, Corinne Twedall and Dorathea MacGregor, All in Their Official Capacities As Members of the Board of the County Department of Public Welfare of Vanderburgh County, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Dorothy BAKER, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Brinkmeyer, Evansville, for appellant.

Stephen E. Culley, Legal Services Organization, Evansville, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Judge.

The defendant-appellant Vanderburgh County Department of Public Welfare (DPW) appeals from a judgment granting the plaintiff-appellee Baker's request for payment of her hospital, medical and doctor bills. We affirm.

Baker applied for assistance under the Hospital Commitment Act, Ind. Code 12-5-1-1 et seq., which was subsequently denied. She appealed the decision and received a trial de novo in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court pursuant...

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