Legal Opinion
Pedraza Ex Rel. Pedraza v. Grande
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 24, 1999No. 71A03-9807-CV-325PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRIEDLANDER, Judge
Antonio Pedraza, by his next friends, Jose and Lydia Pedraza, appeals from a declaratory judgment entered by the St. Joseph Superior Court determining that the lien reduction statute in the Comparative Fault Act, Ind.Code Ann. § 34-4-33-12, now Ind.Code Ann. § 34-51-2-19 (the lien reduction statute), does not apply to Medicaid liens under state law. The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in so determining. 1
We reverse and remand.
The facts most favorable to the judgment are as follows. On October 23,1992, Antonio Pedraza, a minor,…
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