ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP. v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 17556.

142 Ariz. 94 (1984)

688 P.2d 986

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

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied October 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


FELDMAN, Justice.

Maricopa County appeals from an adverse partial summary judgment in which the trial court held that the County was obligated by statute to reimburse St. Joseph's Hospital (St. Joseph's) for emergency care rendered to three undocumented Mexican nationals living in Maricopa County. We have jurisdiction, Ariz. Const. art. 6 § 5(3) and transferred the case to this court pursuant to Ariz.R.Civ.App.P., Rule 19, 17A A.R.S.

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