Young v. Szabo

BY JUDGE JOHN C. MORRISON, JR.

This action is before the court on Defendant’s motion to exclude any evidence of the Navy’s claim for medical services rendered to the Plaintiff at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. The estimated value of the treatment rendered is $12,097.80. Defendant maintains that the Government’s claim to recover these medical expenses from him is barred by the statute of limitations and therefore, evidence of such expenses is inadmissible at trial. For the reasons stated below, the court denies the motion.

Federal Medical Care Recovery Act

In 1962, Congress enacted the Federal…