Riera v. Finlay Medical Centers HMO Corp.

The plaintiff Dolores Riera appeals from a partially adverse declaratory decree which (a) orders the defendant Finlay Medical Centers HMO Corp. [Finlay] to pay or settle all medical bills incurred by the plaintiff, an HMO member of Finlay, in connection with a particular automobile accident in which the plaintiff sustained certain injuries; (b) declares that Finlay will be entitled to a judgment from the plaintiff for whatever amounts it is required to pay on the above medical bills, so long as said payments do not exceed $100,000 [the amount the plaintiff received in settlement from the…