Who should be first to the trough when an accident victim wins a personal injury award? The issue has gained momentum in recent weeks as Florida hospital executives lobby state lawmakers for greater power to collect payments owed for services. About two dozen of Florida's 67 counties have hospital lien laws, which allow hospitals to get first crack at a patient's award. But giving hospitals priority upsets doctors, attorneys and even accident victims, some of whom are disabled, to battle for what's left.
October 04, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Who should be first up to the trough when an accident victim wins a personal injury award � the hospital that saw the patient through his trauma, the doctor who provided the care, or the attorney who saw the victim through litigation?
The issue has gained momentum in recent weeks as local hospital executives lobby state lawmakers for greater power to collect payments owed for services.
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