ST. MARGARET MERCY HEALTHCARE CENTERS, INC. v. COUNTY

No. 56A03-9808-CV-353.

714 N.E.2d 272 (1999)

ST. MARGARET MERCY HEALTHCARE CENTERS, INC., Appellant-Plaintiff, v. LAKE COUNTY, Indiana; County Council of Lake County, Indiana; and the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lloyd, IV, Galvin, Galvin & Leeney, Hammond, Indiana, Attorney for Appellant.

Gerald M. Bishop, Merrillville, Indiana, Attorney for Appellee Lake County Council.

Charles Brooks, Jr., Merrillville, Indiana, Attorney for Appellees Lake County, Indiana and the Board of Commissioners of Lake County Indiana.


OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, Inc., ("Hospital") filed suit against Lake County, Indiana, the Lake County Council and the Lake County Commissioners ("County") seeking payment for the cost of medical care provided to B.P.O., a patient who had been involuntarily committed. County responded with a motion for summary judgment. The trial court granted the motion on grounds that Hospital had raised the same issue in a previously...

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