Blankenbaker v. Jonovich

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge

¶ 1 Thomas E. Blankenbaker, D.C., appeals from a summary judgment in favor of his former patient, Tommy Jonovich, in this dispute over the validity of a medical lien. We recently held an untimely perfected lien is not invalid when the patient had prior actual notice of the existence and amount of the lien. See Andrews v. Samaritan Health System, 201 Ariz. 379, 386-87, ¶¶ 33-38, 36 P.3d 57, 64-65 (App.2001). In this case, we hold that an unperfected lien is valid against a patient who has actual notice of the lien’s existence and amount. We therefore reverse and remand to…