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WASHOE COUNTY v. WITTENBERG

No. 14802.

676 P.2d 808 (1984)

WASHOE COUNTY, Nevada; Bill Farr, Bennie Ferrari, James Underwood, Steve Brown and Belie Williams, Individually and as County Commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, Appellants, v. Mark WITTENBERG and St. Mary's Hospital, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills B. Lane, Dist. Atty., William A. Baker, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for appellants.

Echeverria & Osborne, Reno, for respondents.

William Curran, Las Vegas, Legal Counsel to Nevada Ass'n of Counties, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

The question in this case is whether Washoe County is obligated to pay for emergency medical treatment provided by St. Mary's Hospital to indigent patients eligible for county medical assistance. We hold that St. Mary's Hospital and other private health care providers are entitled to be reimbursed for the costs of treatment for eligible indigent patients in medical emergencies as narrowly defined here.

Respondent Wittenberg...

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