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OUR LADY OF LOURDES v. FRANKLIN CY.

No. 59246-2.

120 Wn.2d 439 (1993)

842 P.2d 956

OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL, Respondent, v. FRANKLIN COUNTY, Appellant, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis DeFelice, Prosecuting Attorney, and George Fearing (of Leavy, Schultz & Davis, P.S.), Special Deputy, for appellant.

Johnston & Roache, P.S., by Mike Johnston, for respondent Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Melissa Burke-Cain, Assistant, for respondent State.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue in this case is the extent to which the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) must reimburse Franklin County (County) for the costs of inpatient medical care of two county jail inmates hospitalized in 1986.

In September and October 1986, two county jail inmates were hospitalized at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Hospital). The hospital bills for the two inmates totaled over $43,000. The County refused to pay these costs....

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