Univ. of So. Alabama Med. Ctr. v. Mobile Infirmary Association
Annotate this CaseThe University of South Alabama Medical Center and the University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital appealed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Mobile County. The County filed a complaint seeking a judgment to interpret Act 83-501. In its complaint, the County asserted that the Act was indefinite and unclear as to which hospitals qualify for reimbursements and the amount of those reimbursements. The County named several hospitals as defendants, including the University of Southern Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital. The Hospitals answered the complaint asserting that the Act is not indefinite, and that Mobile County previously provided reimbursement for providing indigent care and that it could continue to do so "based on established procedures and precedence and the plain meaning of the Act." In its review, the Supreme Court concluded that there was no justiciable controversy; Mobile County only sought an advisory opinion in its declaratory-judgment complaint. The trial court therefore lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over this action. The Court vacated the trial court's order and dismissed the case.
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