Reardon v. Spagna

Plaintiff seeks to rid himself of alleged doctors’ liens filed with the defendant and his insurance carrier relative to the proceeds of a settlement of suit for personal injuries. These doctors were associated with the Kings County Hospital. Plaintiff’s injury caused him to become a patient therein. He had executed an assignment to said hospital: “ To include all medical and surgical treatment at ward rates as I may require in the course of the treatment of my said injuries.” Such assignment does not include the medical treatment by these two doctors on the staff of said hospital, who,…