SHARP HEALTHCARE v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

No. D048986.

68 Cal.Rptr.3d 152 (2007)

156 Cal.App.4th 1301

SHARP HEALTHCARE et al. Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division One.

November 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, and William A. Johnson, Jr., Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Cary W. Miller, Mark A. Johnson, Amanda S. Abbott and Blake R. Jones, San Diego, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


HALLER, J.

A group of hospitals including Sharp Memorial Hospital (referred to collectively as "Sharp"1) sued the San Diego County Sheriffs Department and the County of San Diego ("County") after the County notified the hospitals that it would no longer pay for the medical care expenses of arrestees who receive treatment at the hospitals before they are booked or otherwise committed into county jail (referred to in this opinion as "precommitment...

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