Legal Opinion
City and County of San Francisco v. Sweet
California Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1995No. S045960PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J.
Government Code section 23004.1 1 gives a county a first lien for the cost of medical care it has provided to an injured person against any judgment that person recovers from a third person who is responsible for the injury. The issue in this case is whether that lien is subject to equitable reduction for a portion of the attorney fees incurred by the injured party in recovering damages from the person responsible for the injury.
The Court of Appeal held that allocation of a pro rata share of attorney fees to the county’s recovery is proper notwithstanding the statutory…
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