Hospital Services, Inc. v. Knutson

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

In this case, Hospital Services, Incorporated, the plaintiff in an action for collection of a hospital bill, successfully opposed, in district court, an attorney’s lien claimed by counsel for Allen W. Knutson, the defendant-third party plaintiff, on drafts given said counsel by Blue Cross of North Dakota, the third party defendant, during settlement negotiations. The issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in quashing the attorney’s lien.

Hospital Services, the appellee in this action, commenced a lawsuit on May 3, 1974, for recovery on an account assigned…