Teichman v. Community Hospital of Western Suffolk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Santucci, J.
On this appeal, we are asked to decide the novel question of whether or not an insurance carrier which has paid out medical benefits on behalf of an insured’s infant child may seek reimbursement for those benefits from the proceeds of an infant’s compromise, where the compromise does not indicate that it includes compensation for medical expenses and where the carrier has not timely intervened in the underlying medical malpractice action. On the facts of this case, we find that the carrier cannot recover the cost of these benefits from the infant’s compromise.
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