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HOSP. BD. OF DIRECTORS OF LEE CTY. v. DURKIS

No. 82-487.

426 So.2d 50 (1982)

HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LEE COUNTY, d/b/A Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellant, v. Robert T. DURKIS, Sheriff of Hendry County, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. McCurdy, Fort Myers, for appellant.

E.G. Couse, Fort Myers, for appellee.

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

The trial court held that a public hospital could not recover from a sheriff for charges for medical services rendered to the sheriff's prisoner. The hospital appeals; we reverse.

Kevin Lansing, Jr., received a gunshot wound while being apprehended on January 16, 1979, in Glades County by deputy sheriffs from Glades and Hendry Counties. He was immediately transported by ambulance to Lee...

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