Quivers v. Suffee

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

Plaintiff in this settled personal injury action asks the court to reduce the medical services lien of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals (MCV). The court has the authority to reduce MCV’s lien pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-66.9, which provides, in pertinent part:

The court in which a suit by an injured person ... has been filed against the person ... alleged to have caused such injuries ... may, upon motion or petition by the injured person... reduce the amount of the lien[] and apportion the recovery, whether by verdict or negotiated settlement, between the…