Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners

BURDICK, Justice.

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (SARMC) appeals from a district court order affirming the decision of the Ada County Board of Commissioners (the Board) denying medical indigency benefits for Javier Ortega Sandoval. We reverse and remand.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

While working for Eagle Landscape Contractors on March 22, 2006, Javier Ortega Sandoval (Sandoval), an undocumented immigrant, suffered a stroke. He was taken to SARMC, hospitalized for nearly two months, and incurred medical bills in excess of $187,000. Sandoval was unable to pay the hospital bills,…