ST. ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MED. CENTER, LTD. v. KILLEEN

No. 20014.

858 P.2d 736 (1993)

124 Idaho 197

ST. ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellant, v. Vaughn KILLEEN, Sheriff of Ada County, Idaho; the Board of Commissioners of Ada County, Idaho, and Ada County, Idaho, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, November 1992 Term.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, Boise, for plaintiff-appellant-cross respondent. Phillip S. Oberrecht argued.

Greg Bower, Ada County Pros. Atty., and Susan D. Thomas, Deputy Ada County Pros. Atty., Boise, for defendants-respondents-cross appellants. Susan D. Thomas argued.


BISTLINE, Justice.

This Court is asked to determine who is ultimately liable for an indigent prisoner's medical expenses.

Background and Prior Proceedings

The relevant facts are undisputed. Marjorie Edmonds was arrested in Canyon County on an Ada County bench warrant and transported to Ada County, where she failed to appear at her preliminary hearing. While in the Ada County jail, Edmonds experienced chest pains. The paramedics brought Edmonds to...

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