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SAXTON v. GEM COUNTY

No. 16636.

750 P.2d 950 (1988)

113 Idaho 929

Debra SAXTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEM COUNTY; and Dorothy Hartgrove, W.M. Norwood, and William Conrad, in their official capacities as the Board of County Commissioners of Gem County, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

February 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc., Caldwell, for plaintiff-appellant. Andrew C. Thomas, argued.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, for amicus curiae St. Luke's Regional Medical Center and St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. Phillip S. Oberrecht, argued.

Hopkins, French, Crockett, Springer & Hoopes, Idaho Falls, for amicus curiae University of Utah School of Medicine. Larry L. Goins, argued.

Gem County Prosecuting Atty., Emmett, for defendants-respondents. H. Ronald Bjorkman, argued.

Anderson, Pike & Bush, Idaho Falls, for amicus curiae Catastrophic Health Care Costs Program of the Idaho Counties. Blake G. Hall, argued.

BAKES, Justice.

The appellant, Debra Saxton, appeals a district court decision which held that Gem County is not statutorily required under Idaho's medical indigency statutes to pay physicians' bills incurred by a medically indigent patient in the context of emergency hospitalization. The facts show that Debra Saxton was suffering an acute psychotic episode and was admitted to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center through the emergency ward. After her release Saxton...

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