WASHOE MEDICAL CENTER v. CHURCHILL COUNTY

No. 22512.

836 P.2d 624 (1992)

WASHOE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., a Non-Profit Nevada Corporation, Appellant, v. CHURCHILL COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 20, 1992


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Nelson-Kortland and Terrance E. Shea, Reno, for appellant.

Kevin Pasquale, Dist. Atty., Joe Ward, Deputy Dist. Atty., Churchill County, Fallon, and Thorndal, Backus, Maupin & Armstrong and Brent Kolvet, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On April 13, 1988, John W. Cooper (Cooper) was transferred from Churchill Regional Medical Center in Churchill County to Washoe Medical Center (WMC) in Reno, for treatment of an acute medical condition. On April 14, 1988, WMC sent a notice addressed to Ruby Anderson, the Churchill County Clerk, which stated that Cooper was a patient and requested that Churchill County accept financial responsibility for him. WMC discharged Cooper on April...

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