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NORTHERN COLUMBIANA CTY. COMMUNITY HOSP. ASSN. v. OHIO DEPT. OF YOUTH SERVICES

No. 87-951.

38 Ohio St. 3d 102 (1988)

NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, APPELLEE, v. DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, APPELLANT; HARLEY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Guehl Co., L.P.A., and Robert L. Guehl, for appellee Northern Columbiana County Community Hospital Assn.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and Mark T. D'Alessandro, for appellant.

Nordstrom & Locke and Kenneth J. Nordstrom, for appellee Howard Harley.

MOYER, C.J.

This appeal requires us to determine who is responsible for payment of medical bills incurred by a youth in the custody of the Ohio Department of Youth Services. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that under R.C. 5139.01(A)(3), the department is responsible for the medical bills of a youth in its custody.

R.C. 5139.01(A)(3)1 defines "legal custody" as follows:<...

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