State v. Hartsough

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the term \public hospital\ in another CGIA waiver provision, section 24-10-106(1)(b
• noting that despite the general rule of broad construction in the CGIA context, it \remains true ... that our primary task in construing a statute is to determine and give effect to the intent of the legislature\
• implicitly applying noscitur a sociis in the CGIA context and explaining that \the meaning of a doubtful word may be ascertained by reference to the meaning of words associated with it\
• in addressing whether veterinary hospital was public hospital for purposes of GIA, court noted that “ordinary meaning of ‘hospital’ is a place where sick or injured persons, not animals, are treated.”
• implicitly applying noscitur a sociis by noting that \the meaning of a doubtful word may be ascertained by reference to the meaning of words associated with it\
• context in which words “public hospital” are used in GIA “strongly suggests that the section was intended to apply to public facilities designed to hold people”; hence, veterinary hospital not included within term

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).