State Department of Health & Welfare v. Hudelson

J. JONES, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the entitlement of the Department of Health and Welfare to reimbursement from a Medicaid recipient’s personal injury settlement. The magistrate court held that the Department was entitled to reimbursement of about l/27th of the medical expenses it paid. The Department appealed to the district court, which affirmed the magistrate’s ruling. The Department appeals to this Court. We reverse and remand.

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In 2000, Jonathon Hudelson, then twenty-two years old, was seriously injured in a car accident. He suffered a spinal cord injury, permanent…