SKAGIT COUNTY PHD NO. 304 v. PHD NO. 1

No. 86796-8.

305 P.3d 1079 (2013)

SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 304, dba United General Hospital, Respondent, v. SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 and The Board of Commissioners Thereof, dba Skagit Valley Hospital, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip James Buri , Buri Funston Mumford PLLC, Bellingham, WA, Roger L. Hillman , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Bradford Edward Furlong, Furlong-Butler Attorneys, Mount Vernon, WA, for Appellant.

Christopher J. Knapp , The Everett Clinic, G. Douglas Ferguson , Anderson Hunter Law Firm, Everett, WA, Michael Craig Subit , Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

James Scott Fitzgerald , John James White Jr. , Kevin Blair Hansen, Livengood Fitzgerald & Alskog PLLC, Kirkland, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Public Hospital Dist.


GONZÁLEZ, J.

¶ 1 This case concerns the authority of a rural public hospital district (PHD) to provide health care services outside its own boundaries and within those of another rural PHD. Skagit Valley Hospital acquired a medical group that operated multiple clinics, including one located within United General Hospital's territory. United General challenged Skagit Valley in Snohomish County Superior Court, which granted a writ of prohibition ordering Skagit...

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