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ST. ALPHONSUS v. TWIN FALLS COUNTY

No. 16432.

732 P.2d 278 (1987)

112 Idaho 309

ST. ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LTD., Appellant-Respondent on appeal to Supreme Court, v. TWIN FALLS COUNTY, Idaho, and its Board of County Commissioners, Respondent-Appellant on appeal to Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

January 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Webb of the firm Webb, Burton, Carlson & Pedersen, Twin Falls, for appellant-respondent on appeal to Supreme Court.

Glenna M. Christensen of the firm Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Chartered, Boise, for respondent-appellant on appeal to Supreme Court.

BISTLINE, Justice.

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt and subsequent hospitalization, Russell Barth applied for medical indigency assistance from the Board of County Commissioners of Twin Falls County. The county commissioners denied the application on the ground that Idaho's medical indigency statutes do not obligate counties for medical care necessitated by self-inflicted wounds. On appeal, the district court reversed the decision of the county commissioners...

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