St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Ltd. v. Twin Falls County

BISTLINE, Justice.

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt and subsequent hospitalization, Russell Barth applied for medical indigency assistance from the Board of County Commissioners of Twin Falls County. The county commissioners denied the application on the ground that Idaho’s medical indigency statutes do not obligate counties for medical care necessitated by self-inflicted wounds. On appeal, the district court reversed the decision of the county commissioners, holding “that there is no express or implied exception to the medical indigency law for self-inflicted injuries.” R., p. 24. The…