Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund v. St. Francis Hospital

Greene, J.:

St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, a/k/a Via Christi Regional Medical Center (Via Christi), appeals the district court’s ruling based on summary judgment motions and a subsequent bench trial that the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund (Fund) had no liability to indemnify Via Christi for a settlement wherein Via Christi agreed to pay the Maria Brower family $3.3 million for a comprehensive release of all their claims, which arguably included medical malpractice, fraud, and spoliation of evidence. The district court held that to the extent the settlement included payment for covered…