Wright v. First National Bank

HARTZ, Judge (specially concurring).

15. I concur in the result. I agree that Plaintiffs attorney should receive his attorney’s fees in full and that Lovelace should receive the amount of the judgment remaining after payment of attorney’s fees and costs. I write separately, however, because my understanding of how to handle attorney’s fees under the hospital-lien statute differs from the majority’s.

16. I base my understanding of the hospital-lien statute on a consideration of what would happen in the absence of such a statute. In that event a hospital could sue a patient for the unpaid medical…