Limestone County v. City of Huntsville Hospital Board

BRADLEY, Judge.

This case concerns the liability of a county to pay an indigent’s medical expenses when the indigent is injured incident to a lawful arrest.

In August 1975 deputy sheriffs in Limestone County observed an automobile being driven in the wrong lane of a public road. An effort was made to stop the vehicle. Finally the driver of the vehicle stopped it in the driveway of a private residence. The driver, Crabtree, got out of the vehicle and was told by one of the deputies that he was under arrest. During the effort to place Crabtree in the police car, Crabtree got away from the deputy…