SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSP. ASS'N v. HUNT

No. 88-819.

551 So.2d 818 (1989)

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, d/b/a Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mrs. Glenda HUNT, Tutrix of the Interdict, Shannon Hunt, Defendant-Appellee, v. GEORGIA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salter, Streete & Hale, Stephen R. Streete, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lloyd K. Milam, Deridder, for third party defendant-appellant.

Plauche, Smith, Frank M. Walker, Lake Charles, Houston T. Penn, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before YELVERTON, KNOLL and KING, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This is a suit on an open account for $57,789.04, brought by Lake Charles Memorial Hospital against Glenda Hunt, curatrix of Shannon Hunt, who was injured while a prisoner in the Beauregard Parish jail. Made third party defendant herein was the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. From a judgment against it in the third party action, the Beauregard Parish Police Jury has appealed. We affirm.

The sole issue is who is responsible for paying medical...

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