Legal Opinion

Meriter Hospital, Inc. v. Dane County

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 2004No. 02-2837PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.

¶ 1. The petitioner, Meriter Hospital (Meriter), seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Meriter Hospital, Inc. v. Dane County, 2003 WI App 248, 268 Wis. 2d 658, 673 N.W.2d 328, affirming the circuit court of Dane County, Judge Gerald C. Nichol presiding. The issues we address are, first, whether Wis. Stat. § 302.38 1 (2001-02) requires the respondent, Dane County, to pay all of the medical and hospital bills incurred on behalf of an indigent prisoner, Michael Gibson (Gibson), who was a prisoner in the Dane County jail upon admittance to the hospital, but had the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Bruno v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Swatek v. County of DaneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Fox Ex Rel. Fricker v. Catholic Knights Insurance SocietyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by14 opinions

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