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Show U sues county for $750,000 in unpaid bills Completely aside from the dispute dis-pute over indigent cure, the University Uni-versity has brought suit ngnlnsl the counly for unpaid bills amounl. lug In $7!(),000. It seems that for several years the Counly and (lie University were working together under a SO-yenr conlrael. In the contract, the County agreed to assume any deficit the hospital Incurred from Irealment of Indigent pnllcnls. So whenever the hospltal'ii Indigent In-digent pallent-servlees account ended the year In the red, the counly simply chlpicd In with whatever amount the hospital needed to break even. However, the current Counly Commission has conslslenlly asserted as-serted that the contract, which was made by a previous commission, commis-sion, Is void. The Commission contends that since It didn't make the conlrael, It doesn't have to live by It. Consequently Con-sequently the commission h a s refused to authorize payment of the "end-of lhe-year difference" for IfluT), G and 3907. The University says that t h e "difference" payments owed for those years Is about $7!j(),000. The Counly says they are not that much. An Independent uecounllng firm apKinled by Salt Lake's Third District Court to ar bitrate one aspect as-pect of the suit the real amount of Hie bills has Issued a preliminary pre-liminary draft of lis findings and Is scheduled to make a full rexrl to the court soon. When I he final report Is filed, both the Unlverslly und Suit Lake County will have a chance to list their objections und arguments ugalnst the findings before a Judgment Is entered ordering Salt I,nke Counly to pay the University the amount the court decides. However, new complications have arl.sen In the suit. The County Coun-ty has called on Third District Court Judge Leonard W. Elton to bring the State Welfare Department Depart-ment into the case. Moreover, it looks as though the original decision, de-cision, whatever it is, will be appealed ap-pealed to a higher court. |
