Whitaker v. Talbot

Eberhardt, Judge.

1. Plaintiff contends that he has a right of action for his minor daughter’s medical expenses, and that "under the collateral source rule, which is well-established in the law of damages, a wrongdoer is not entitled to have the damages for which he is liable reduced by proving that plaintiff has received or will receive compensation or indemnity for the loss from a collateral source, wholly independent of him, or, stated more succinctly, the wrongdoer may not be benefited by collateral payments made to the person he has wronged.” In response, defendant, while agreeing that…