So You Think You Know The Law….Answers to Spring Edition

April 2013

2. A plaintiff may be required to turn over his or her settlement received from the defendant’s insurer to satisfy the subrogation rights of Medicare program, even though settlement did not make the patient whole because of tortfeasor’s filing for bankruptcy. True or False? Answer: True. St. Agnes Hospital v Jaeckel (1985, ED Wis) 616 F Supp 426. Return to Newsletter.

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