UNIV. OF KAN. HOSP. v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS

No. 120,472.

495 P.3d 1 (2021)

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, Appellee/Cross-appellant, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY, Kansas, Defendant/Cross-appellee, and City of Ottawa, Kansas, Appellant/Cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Cooper , of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, LLP, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Jeannette L. Wolpink and Michael K. Seck , of the same firm, of Overland Park, were with him on the briefs for appellant/cross-appellee.

Jennifer Martin Smith , of Alderson, Alderson, Conklin, Crow & Slinkard, L.L.C., of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee/cross-appellant.

Patric S. Linden , Kevin D. Case , and Cory R. Buck , of Case Linden P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, were on the briefs for cross-appellee.


A Kansas statute requires a city or county to pay a health care provider for health care services rendered to an indigent person in the custody of a city or the city's law enforcement agency. Relying on this statute, the University of Kansas Hospital...

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