Personal Injury & Torts
Feb. 27, 2014
Medical liens are on the rise among personal injury plaintiffs
The California Supreme Court's three-year old decision in Howell v. Hamilton Meats has led many personal injury plaintiffs to seek out liens to cover their medical costs in an effort to recover more money from health insurers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Three years ago, the California Supreme Court's landmark decision in Howell v. Hamilton Meats drastically altered the state's personal injury litigation landscape by limiting the amount of medical costs plaintiffs can recover at trial to the amount actually paid by their insurers. The ruling has saved health insurance companies billions of dollars and given rise to a cottage industry of lenders t...
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