Perspective
Nov. 16, 2011
Write-offs of medical bills recoverable
The 5th District finds that "gratuitous write-offs" of medical bills are recoverable under the collateral source rule. By William O. Martin Jr., Roxanne Irani and Stephanie M. Alexander of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP
In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions Inc., (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541, 559, the state Supreme Court held that "an injured plaintiff whose medical expenses are paid through private insurance may not recover as economic damages more than the amounts paid by [p]laintiff or his or her insurer for the medical services received or still owing at the time of trial." The Court&#...
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