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WIDEMAN v. SHALLOWFORD COMMUNITY HOSP., INC.

No. 86-8512.

826 F.2d 1030 (1987)

Toni E. WIDEMAN and Myron Wideman, Individually and as Parents of Decedent Ebony Laslun Wideman, and Toni E. Wideman, in her capacity as Administratrix of the Estate of Ebony Laslun Wideman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHALLOWFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC., A Georgia Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade K. Copeland, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Albert Sidney Johnson, DeKalb Co. Atty., Decatur, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the novel question of whether a county government's alleged practice of using its emergency medical vehicles only to transport patients to certain county hospitals which guarantee the payment of the county's medical bills violates a right protected by the federal constitution. We hold that such a practice, even if proved, would not violate any established constitutional right; therefore...

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