California Court of Appeal
Hospital Cmtee. for Livermore-Pleasanton Areas v. Oakland, A122674
In an action by a hospital to recover costs from a city based on the hospital's treatment of an arrestee, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed where, under the nature of the offense rule, the county, not the city, was responsible under Cal. Penal Code section 4011 for the costs at issue because the arrestee was hospitalized while incarcerated for violations of probation and parole under state law.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/24/2009
- Published 08/24/2009
Judges
- MARCHIANO, P.J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, James E. Towery and Alison P. Buchanan, San Jose, for Plaintiff and Respondent., John A. Russo, City Attorney, Randolph W. Hall, Assistant City Attorney, William E. Simmons, Supervising Trial Attorney and Christopher Kee, Deputy City Attorney for Defendant and Appellant.