SIOUX VALLEY HOSP. ASS'N v. TRIPP COUNTY

No. 15251.

404 N.W.2d 519 (1987)

SIOUX VALLEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, a charitable corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TRIPP COUNTY, South Dakota, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Frankman of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellant.

Donald E. Covey, Winner, for defendant and appellee.


MORGAN, Justice.

Plaintiff and appellant, Sioux Valley Hospital Association (Hospital), appeals from an order granting summary judgment to the defendant and appellee, Tripp County (County). By way of this action, Hospital seeks reimbursement for hospitalization expenses for an alleged indigent patient whose residence was Tripp County, South Dakota. The trial court below granted summary judgment based on the fact that Hospital failed to notify County of the patient...

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