Ray v. St. Vincent Healthcare, Inc.

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] St. Vincent Healthcare, Inc. (“St. Vincent”) sued Johnson County, Wyoming, and its board of commissioners (collectively “Johnson County”) in order to recover medical expenses incurred in treating Jeremy Ray (“Ray”). In order to avoid a dismissal of the complaint, St. Vincent caused Ray to be joined as a defendant. Ray initially filed an answer, cross-claim, and third-party complaint, but later sought to amend that filing to include a federal civil rights complaint against the Johnson County Sheriffs Department (“Sheriffs Dept.”) and both the current and former…