Green v. Innovative Recovery Services, Inc.

OPINION

CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which KOCH and COTTRELL, JJ, joined.

The attorney for a woman who had been injured in an auto accident claimed that his services entitled him to a portion of the subrogation interest asserted by TennCare against the settlement proceeds. The trial court dismissed his claim. We affirm the trial court.

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Faye Green was injured in an auto accident. Her medical expenses, in the amount of $23,059, were paid by Access MedPLUS, a TennCare contractor. Ms. Green hired Robert L. Whitaker, an attorney with Bart Durham and Associates, to…