MEDICAL CENTER HOSP., INC. v. COLEMAN

No. 84-948.

462 So.2d 588 (1985)

MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL INCORPORATED, Appellant, v. Gerard COLEMAN, As Sheriff of Pinellas County, et al., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick McElroy of Law Offices of J. Patrick McElroy, Clearwater, for appellant.

John E. Schaefer, Asst. Co. Atty., Clearwater, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant, Medical Center Hospital, Incorporated, appeals the trial court's ruling that appellee, Gerard Coleman, as Sheriff of Pinellas County, was not responsible for medical bills incurred on behalf of a prisoner technically in custody of appellee. We reverse.

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