Legal Opinion

Rolla Community Hospital, Inc. v. Dunseith Community Nursing Home, Inc.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1984No. Civ. 10631PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAND, Justice.

The United States District Court, pursuant to Rule 47 of the North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure, certified the following question to this Court:

“Is a Chapter 35-18, North Dakota Century Code, hospital lien, which was filed approximately three and one-half years after the hospital provided services to a patient arising out of an alleged tort injury, valid and enforceable against the insurer of the alleged tortfeasor where the insurer, with actual notice of the filed lien, settled with the patient-claimant and disbursed the funds free of the purported lien?”

The stipulated…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. First State Bank of Cooperstown v. IhringerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital v. Salem Insurance Agency, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1973
  3. McCroskey v. Cass CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Gilbertson v. CharlsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Palm Springs Gen. Hosp., Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. West Nebraska General Hospital v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeNebraska Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Guin v. Carraway Methodist Medical Ctr.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  3. Nesdahl Surveying & Engineering, P.C. v. Ackerland Corp.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Wainscott v. Centura Health Corp.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2014
  5. St. Luke's Hospitals of Fargo, Inc. v. Smith (In Re Smith)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1990

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