What is an attorney lien and what does it mean for your personal injury case? The article posted by Lexology.com, written by Goldberg Segalla titled: “Ohio Supreme Court Holds Insurers Not Responsible For Charging Liens” discusses a new ruling which impacts attorney liens in the state of Ohio. First and foremost what is an attorney’s lien? A lien is basically …
Subrogation and Your Personal Injury Claim Part Three: Health Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid
Now that we have established what subrogation is and why it must be paid, lets talk about some of the different entities that have subrogation rights when it comes to your personal injury claim. Medicare is funded by the Federal U.S. Treasury and Medicaid is funded by a combination of state and federal funds. These two major entities have strict …
Subrogation and your Personal Injury Claim – Part One
Subrogation is a major part of any personal injury claim. Whether it be in regard to health insurance or medical payment benefits, also known as medpay. Subrogation is not a term you hear regularly. What it means in regard to your personal injury claim is that in the event of a third party or first party settlement a payor of …
Subrogation and your Personal Injury Claim – Part Two
Please see part one of this post for a definition of subrogation here. Once it is understood who the first and third parties are, and what a payor of benefits is, the question remains as to why you, the injured party, would need to reimburse a payor of benefits relative to accident related treatment. The reason being that the third or first …
