St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center is one of the hospitals that took patients from around the state and Northwest region during the COVID-19 surge that stretched from fall to winter 2020. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)
An Ada County judge on Tuesday sent St. Luke’s attorneys back to square one, after the attorneys made a procedural error in a case against Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriguez and their organizations.
Fourth District Judge Lynn Norton said the hospital system’s paperwork did not follow rules for legal notices; for example, in their summons, attorneys for St. Luke’s didn’t list the address of the courthouse.
She said she will extend the deadline 21 days for Rodriguez and Bundy to respond to St. Luke’s – moving the deadline to the first week of August.
“If there’s not proper service, any judgment (at the end of the case would be) void,” so it is crucial to follow the rules each step of the way, she said.
Bundy and Rodriguez did not show up for the hearing. They had no attorneys in court to represent them.
Attorneys from Holland & Hart law firm represented St. Luke’s, its Boise hospital, CEO Chris Roth and two health care providers.
St. Luke’s in May sued Bundy, Rodriguez and their closely linked political organizations — People’s Rights Network and Freedom Man PAC — on allegations of defamation and harassment.
Bundy ignored the lawsuit and a court order to provide information about People’s Rights Network and its website, such as: who manages or holds...
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