Sioux Valley Hospital Ass'n v. Jones County

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying Sioux Valley Hospital Association (appellant) reimbursement for the cost of emergency care given to a resident of Jones County. We reverse and remand.

On April 11, 1979, Julie Elrod gave birth to a premature infant girl at St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre, South Dakota. A few hours later, the baby was transported by ambulance to Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for emergency care in the intensive care nursery. She remained in Sioux Valley Hospital for about six weeks. The cost of hospitalization was $7,410.12. The parents…