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CARTWRIGHT v. GEM COUNTY

Nos. 15596, 15597.

697 P.2d 1174 (1985)

108 Idaho 160

Louella CARTWRIGHT, Appellant-Respondent, v. GEM COUNTY; and Tom Pasley, L.D. Perkins, and William Conrad, in their official capacities as the Board of County Commissioners of Gem County, Respondent-Appellants. Kenneth D. GARRETT, Appellant-Respondent, v. GEM COUNTY; and Tom Pasley, L.D. Perkins, and William Conrad, in their official capacities as the Board of County Commissioners of Gem County, Respondent-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

March 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Ronald Bjorkman, Deputy Pros. Atty., for Gem County, Emmett, Idaho, for respondents-appellants.

Jane M. Newby, Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc., Caldwell, Idaho, for appellants-respondents.

BAKES, Justice.

Gem County appeals a district court determination that the county is liable for payment of medical bills of the claimants pursuant to I.C. § 31-3401 et seq. We affirm the district court's order.

Louella Cartwright is a resident of the Emmett Care Center, a nursing home in Emmett, Idaho. She has been a resident there for seven years and ten months. She is schizophrenic and mentally retarded and needs medication. Her sole source of...

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