Roberts v. Total Health Care, Inc.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case arose out of the lead poisoning of two minor children in 1987. Specifically, the case involves a dispute regarding the payment of the children’s medical expenses, which were paid by Total Health Care under contract with the State of Maryland through its Medicaid program. Total Health Care has asserted a statutory and equitable subrogation claim against a tort settlement received by the children in connection with the poisoning, to recoup the amount it paid to treat the children.

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The State of Maryland, through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, provides…