Steamships v. Ihc Health Servs., Inc.

Justice Himonas, opinion of the Court:

¶1 A child was struck by a car and seriously hurt. The owner of the hospital at which the child received medical care sought to secure payment for that care by asserting liens against the child's interest in the tort claim against the driver of the car. The child, who was Medicaid eligible, and his mother brought a number of claims against the hospital owner and its payments vendor, nearly all of which centered on contentions that the liens violated Medicaid law. After the liens had been released, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of…