Lake v. Levy

GARY D. WITT, Judge.

This appeal involves the question of how to prioritize two competing liens on workers’ compensation proceeds. John Lake appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County, which granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of Department of Social Services. Because Lake’s attorney fee lien had statutory priority over the Department’s lien for Medicaid reimbursement and because paying the portion of the attorney fee lien attributable to the award of medical expenses out of the medical expenses portion of the award does not result in the State paying the fees or in a…