Humana, Inc. v. Nguyen

OPINION

Respondent Van Nguyen received treatment at Sunrise Hospital for injuries sustained in a traffic accident. Several years have passed; Nguyen obtained an insurance settlement long ago. Yet he has carried on protracted litigation, including an earlier appeal which this court dismissed, while delaying payment of more than forty thousand dollars in hospital bills. In September, 1985, the trial court entered summary judgment allowing Sunrise to foreclose its statutory lien on the insurance settlement. The court also awarded costs, but denied attorney’s fees and both prejudgment and…