University of Utah Hospital v. Elmore County

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is a medical indigency case. The University of Utah Hospital appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of the defendants, arguing that Elmore County is liable for the medical bill of an indigent Idaho resident because the county failed to notify the hospital of its decision to deny the patient’s medical indigency (MI) application within the sixty-day time limit pro*133vided under I.C. § 31-3505.1 We hold that (1) the trial judge properly allocated the burden of producing evidence at trial; (2) the court’s finding that Elmore County had sent the hospital a timely…