STATE EX REL. DHS v. COCHISE COUNTY

No. CV-89-0366-PR.

166 Ariz. 75 (1990)

800 P.2d 578

STATE of Arizona ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COCHISE COUNTY and its Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

November 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by David J. Dir, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellee.

Alan K. Polley, Cochise Co. Atty. by Paul A. Smith, Deputy Co. Atty., Bisbee, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

The state petitions for review of the court of appeals decision reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the state in its suit against Cochise County for reimbursement of hospital charges incurred by a county prisoner. The court of appeals held that the state must comply with the procedural requirements of the county claims statute, A.R.S. §§ 11-621, et seq., before bringing suit against...

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