The devil is in the details, or at least that’s what the Texas Trial Lawyers Association thinks about a seemingly uncontroversial decision from the Texas Supreme Court. But the TTLA believes the opinion interprets a disputed tort reform statute without giving lawyers the opportunity for debate.
In Daughters of Charity Health Services of Waco v. Donald Linnstaedter and Kenneth Bolen, an 8-0 decision issued June 1, the high court said that a hospital cannot file a lien against two former patients’ tort judgments to recoup treatment costs not covered by the patients’ workers’ compensation carrier. [ See the court's opinion.]
