HOSPITAL COMMITTEE FOR LIVERMORE-PLEASANTON AREAS v. City of Oakland

Opinion

MARCHIANO, P. J.

Defendant City of Oakland appeals from a judgment for plaintiff The Hospital Committee for the Livermore-Pleasanton Areas, doing business as ValleyCare Health System, after plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was granted. The judgment holds the City of Oakland liable for costs of medical care at plaintiff’s hospital to an individual who temporarily had been incarcerated in the city jail for violations of probation and parole. We conclude that the County of Alameda, rather than the City of Oakland, was responsible for the medical costs. We therefore reverse the…