Legal Opinion
Brown v. County Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 17, 1995No. 61PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASANOW, Judge.
In the present case, we must determine whether an indigent pretrial detainee may be held personally liable for the costs of medical treatment received while incarcerated, despite the fact that he may have been covered under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program for most of the period of his detention.
I
Melvin Brown was arrested on April 28, 1991 as a result of an altercation in which he was injured. Brown was unable to post bail and was therefore held at the Carroll County Detention Center until his release on September 26, 1991. At the time of his incarceration, Brdwn…
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