Legal Opinion
Bell v. Samaritan Medical Clinic, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 26, 1976No. Civ. 37529PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KANE, J.
In this appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction we are presented basically with one fundamental question:
In rendering medical services to industrially injured employees may a treating physician lawfully charge the employee for any amount in excess of that paid by the employer or its workers’ compensation insurance carrier?
As we shall explain, the answer to this inquiry is clearly “no.” We accordingly affirm the order of the trial court.
Roy J. Bell, as the Administrative Director of the Division of Industrial Accidents (“Director”), and the Workers’ Compensation…
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