Modern Health Care Services, Inc. v. Drewry

BASKIN, Judge.

Appellees David E. Drewry and Shirley Drewry brought a malpractice action against Modem Health Care Services, Inc., [the hospital] and the Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund [the Fund]. When that matter was settled, the settlement agreement acknowledged that the hospital had not collected funds owed on its bill for services. In an effort to collect its unpaid bill, the hospital sued the Drewrys, their lawyer, and the Fund for foreclosure of the hospital’s lien on the settlement proceeds and for impairment of its lien. Holding that the lien was not filed timely, that the…