Legal Opinion
Kizer v. Hanna
California Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1989No. S005834PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PANELLI, J.
Jack E. Hanna, as executor of the estate of Zyoud Jacob, appeals a summary judgment in favor of Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., Director of the Department of Health Services, State of California (hereinafter Department). At issue is whether Welfare and Institutions Code section 14009.5 allows the Department to be reimbursed from a Medi-Cal recipient’s estate for Medi-Cal benefits paid prior to the effective date of section 14009.5, when the recipient died after this date. We conclude that it does.
I. Facts
The facts are not in dispute. Zyoud Jacob died on June 26, 1983. From November…
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