Stormont-Vail Healthcare v. Board of Shawnee County Comm'rs

No. 120,345 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STORMONT-VAIL HEALTHCARE, INC. and COTTON O'NEIL CLINIC, Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS, and CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, Appellees. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Under K.S.A. 22-4612, "custody" includes both formal arrest and detention that is the functional equivalent of an arrest in the sense a person would not be free to leave or feel free to leave. 2. In a coordinated police action involving multiple law enforcement agencies, the agency with "operational control" has the obligation under K.S.A.…