Fayette County Department of Public Welfare v. Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion County

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arose from a dispute between the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, d/b/a Wishard Memorial Hospital (Wishard), Appellee, and the Fayette County Department of Public Welfare (Fayette Welfare), Appellant. The issue was which of these two publicly funded entities would be burdened with the hospital bill of a non-resident indigent who had apparently attempted suicide while visiting a friend in Fayette County, Indiana and thereafter was treated at Wishard. The total amount of the bill was $55,684.03. Fayette Welfare claimed Wishard had…