Health Cost Controls v. Sevilla

Plaintiff Health Cost Controls (HCC) filed a complaint against defendants Richard Sevilla and Edward M. Burnes, the attorney for Sevilla, in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking to recover reimbursement and repayment of medical benefits paid to Sevilla from the settlement that Sevilla obtained from a third-party tortfeasor as a result of an automobile accident. In turn, defendants Sevilla and Burnes filed a class action counterclaim, asserting that the common fund doctrine required a reduction for attorney fees and expenses from the amount HCC claimed for all liens on class member…