Last month, lawyers for WalkerCounty filed a jurisdictional statement in the case. WalkerCounty claims the district court lacked jurisdiction in the case due to a 1976 statute that established the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority to perform a governmental function by operating ErlangerHospital. The filing also asked that the current appeal be dismissed, according to the article.
A federal district judge previously ordered WalkerCounty to pay Erlanger $8.7 million in August in a lawsuit over a $20 million loan the health system granted to a Georgia hospital in 2011.
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