Carpenter v. Twin Falls County

691 P.2d 1190 (1984)

107 Idaho 575

Clarence CARPENTER and St. Alphonsus Hospital, Plaintiffs-Respondents,

v.

TWIN FALLS COUNTY, Idaho and its Board of County Commissioners, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 14389.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

November 7, 1984.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1984.

Lloyd J. Webb, Twin Falls, for defendants-appellants.

Phillip S. Oberrecht and Glenna M. Christensen (argued), of Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Chartered, Boise, for plaintiffs-respondents.

BISTLINE, Justice.

Elva Carpenter was hospitalized at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise with a terminal illness on April 21, 1980.…