Bryan Memorial Hospital v. Allied Property & Casualty Insurance

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

KOPF, District Judge.

This is an action brought by a hospital against an insurance company seeking recovery of $77,381.58 plus interest based upon the insurance company’s alleged impairment of the hospital’s lien upon settlement proceeds when the insurance company reached a settlement directly with the injured party without paying the hospital for medical services it provided to the injured party. Following a bench trial 1 on the merits of this case, I now issue my findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…