TRINITY MEM. HOSP. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

TRINITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF CUDAHY, INC., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Michael Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Milwaukee, a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Luke's Hospital Association, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Joseph's Hospital of Franciscan Sisters of Milwaukee, a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; Columbia Hospital, a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Mary's Hospital of Milwaukee, a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Francis Hospital, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; Good Samaritan Medical Center, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; St. Anthony Hospital of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; and Hospital Council of the Greater Milwaukee Area, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation; on their own behalf and as representatives of all other hospitals which provide emergency services to dependent persons under s. 49.02, Wis. Stats., in Milwaukee County and all hospitals within Wisconsin which provide emergency services to dependent Milwaukee County residents for which the hospitals seek reimbursement from Milwaukee County; and Ruth Cody and Shirley Kriegel; on their own behalf and as representatives of all other Milwaukee County residents who qualify for the provision of emergency services pursuant to Chap. 49, Wis. Stats., but who are not eligible for the provision of emergency services pursuant to s. 32.90, General Ordinances of Milwaukee County, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, a Wisconsin municipal corporation; Milwaukee County Department of Social Services; and Kenneth Ramminger, Individually and as the Acting Director of the Milwaukee County Department of Social Services, Defendants-Appellants.