Lewis R. Pyle Memorial Hospital v. Gila County

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a partial summary judgment against Gila County and the Board of Supervisors. The *83case involves the running battle between the Lewis R. Pyle Memorial Hospital and the county over the payment of hospital bills incurred for the treatment of indigents hospitalized under emergency conditions.

On February 28, 1980, the hospital filed its original complaint. Paragraph IX of the complaint alleges that the plaintiff is continuing to render medical aid to indigents on an emergency basis and that the county is still refusing to pay the fair…