Wallace v. Estate of Jackson

HOWE, Chief Justice:

Daniel M. McNeil appeals from- a summary judgment granted by the district court enforcing the State’s lien against insurance proceeds he recovered as a result of an automobile accident in which he was injured. The court also awarded the State attorney fees and costs.

McNeil was a passenger in an automobile which was involved in an accident. He sustained severe brain injuries with permanent effects and profound neurological deficits. At the time of the accident, he was sixteen years of age and resided with his seventy-six-year-old grandmother and legal guardian, Lilian…