Legal Opinion
La Crosse Lutheran Hospital v. La Crosse County
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 11, 1986No. 86-0712PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGartzke, P.J.
La Crosse County appeals from a judgment in favor of La Crosse Lutheran Hospital for $4,950.44 for hospital and medical care furnished to Enrique Pazo-More. The issue is whether the county is liable to a hospital under sec. 53.38, Stats., for care given to an indigent person taken by city police from the place of injury directly to the hospital. We conclude that the county is not liable. We therefore reverse the judgment and direct the circuit court to dismiss the complaint.
Section 53.38, Stats., provides:
If a prisoner needs medical or hospital care or is intoxicated or incapacitated by…
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