Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority v. First of Georgia Insurance

WEBB, Justice.

The first question posed by this appeal is whether the plaintiff may enforce liens for money due for medical services rendered to persons for injuries incurred in an automobile accident. The liens the plaintiff is seeking to enforce are against money held by an insurance company and its agents for the settlement of claims for the liability of a third person arising from the accident.

The resolution of this question depends on the interpretation of the following two sections of the General Statutes. N.C.G.S. § 44-49 provides in part:

From and after March 26, 1935, there is hereby…