Garcia v. Butterworth Hospital

In this case involving no-fault insurance benefits, the trial court ordered defendant-insurer Farmers Insurance Exchange to pay plaintiffs attorney one-third of the amount of the check issued by Farmers Insurance to Butterworth Hospital for payment of plaintiffs medical bills pursuant to plaintiffs contingent fee agreement with his attorney. Appellant Butterworth Hospital appeals as of right from that order, and we reverse.

In January 1994, plaintiff filed suit against defendant insurance companies following plaintiffs injury in an automobile accident in January 1993. Plaintiff was a passenger…