Santa Clara County, Calif. was the first entity to register its appearance in the bankruptcy proceeding of Rural/Metro Corp., and it’s not the possibility the ambulance company’s behind on its taxes that has the county racing to court.
Santa Clara has been worried about the company that has its medical emergency services contract ever since private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC took over in 2011, County Executive Jeffrey Smith said Monday. The leveraged buyout carried a $738 million price tag, $525 million of it in the form of new debt.
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