Shelby County Health Care Corp. v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Shelby County Health Care Corporation, doing business as Regional Medical Center (“The Med,” for short), seeks relief for alleged impairment of a hospital lien. The district court dismissed The Med’s claim on the ground that it was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and, alternatively, that it failed under Arkansas law. We conclude that the claim is not barred by Rooker-Feldman, and that Tennessee law should apply, so we vacate the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings.

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The hospital lien in question arose from treatment that John Smiley received…