A. Unruh Chiropractic Clinic v. De Smet Insurance Co.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In the course of providing treatment, Unruh Chiropractic Clinic (Unruh) obtained assignments of proceeds of personal injury claims from two patients. The patients’ claims arose out of injuries they sustained in an automobile accident involving a negligent driver insured by De Smet Insurance Company (De Smet). Although Unruh gave De Smet notice of the assignments, De Smet settled the claims on behalf of its insured without paying the proceeds to Unruh for its unpaid services. Unruh subsequently commenced this action against De Smet to recover under the assignments. On…