Ahmed v. Sosa

OPINION

BILL MEIER, JUSTICE

We consider whether the portion of a judgment rendered on a jury verdict for past medical expenses must be reduced in light of a health care provider’s post-verdict, prejudgment agreement to reduce its lien against the plaintiffs recovery of the same. It does not. We will affirm.

Appellee Mark Sosa was hospitalized at John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) for approximately six days in late 2011 after being struck by a taxicab that Appellant Jashim Uddin Ahmed was driving. Sosa later sued Ahmed for negligence, seeking to recover damages for the personal injuries that he had…