Legal Opinion
University of Kansas Hospital Authority v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided June 27, 2014No. 104,236PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Luckert, J.:
Prior Kansas appellate decisions require a sheriff to provide medical care to a prisoner in the sheriff s custody and a county to pay for the care if the prisoner is indigent and has no other means of payment. Relying on this caselaw, the University of Kansas Hospital Authority (Hospital Authority) sued the Board *943of Wabaunsee County Commissioners (County) for reimbursement of the medical expenses incurred in the treatment of a man who jumped through the fourth-stoiy window of an unlocked interrogation room in the Wabaunsee County jail where…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Revere v. Massachusetts General HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
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3Cited by17 opinions
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