ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP. & MED. CTR. v. MARICOPA CTY.

No. 1 CA-CIV 5969.

138 Ariz. 127 (1983)

673 P.2d 325

ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARICOPA COUNTY, Arizona, a body politic, Defendant-Appellant,

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

October 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gammage & Burnham by Richard B. Burnham, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tom Collins, Maricopa County Atty. by Gordon J. Goodnow, Jr., Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

St. Joseph's Hospital sued Maricopa County to recover for the care of two indigent patients who had been hospitalized for emergency treatment at St. Joseph's. The trial court granted the hospital's motion for summary judgment and the county appeals.

Most of the facts, and all of the material facts, are undisputed. On April 13, 1978, Howard Allen, III, a minor, was injured and was first transported to Maryvale Samaritan...

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