Poudre Valley Health Care Inc. v. City of Loveland

Opinion by

Judge KAPELKE.

Defendant, City of Loveland (City), appeals from the summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of plaintiff, Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc., d/b/a Poudre Valley Hospital (Hospital). The issue presented is one of first impression in Colorado: whether a governmental entity has an obligation to pay for outside medical costs incurred in the care and treatment of a pretrial detainee in its custody. We conclude that such an obligation exists, and we therefore affirm.

Following his arrest by City of Loveland police officers, a pretrial detainee injured himself when…