UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSP. v. ADA COUNTY

No. 15967.

729 P.2d 1086 (1986)

111 Idaho 1023

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL and Brenda Hoopes, Petitioners-Appellants, v. ADA COUNTY; Ada County Board of County Commissioners and Clerk of Ada County, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean Williams, Blackfoot, for petitioners-appellants.

Greg H. Bower, Ada County Pros. Atty., Susan D. McColl (argued), Deputy Pros. Atty., Boise, for respondents.


WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Brenda Hoopes, an indigent person, applied to Ada County for assistance in paying for emergency medical bills. When the county failed to respond to the application and to a subsequently filed complaint, Hoopes obtained a default judgment against the county requiring it to pay the bills. Later, however, on motion of the county, the district court set aside the default judgment and ordered that the complaint be treated as a petition for judicial...

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