Legal Opinion

HOSP. BD. OF DIRECTORS OF LEE CTY. v. Durkis

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 29, 1982No. 82-487PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

426 So.2d 50 (1982)

HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LEE COUNTY, d/b/A Lee Memorial Hospital, Appellant,

v.

Robert T. DURKIS, Sheriff of Hendry County, Appellee.

No. 82-487.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 29, 1982.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1983.

Robert C. McCurdy, Fort Myers, for appellant.

E.G. Couse, Fort Myers, for appellee.

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

The trial court held that a public hospital could not recover from a sheriff for charges for medical services rendered to the sheriff's prisoner. The hospital appeals; we reverse.

Kevin Lansing, Jr., received a gunshot…

2Cited by16 opinions

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  4. Poudre Valley Health Care Inc. v. City of LovelandColorado Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. City of Fort Myers v. Hospital Board of DirectorsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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