In re Ashe

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

This is a proceeding for the approval of an infant settlement pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-424. At a hearing on December 19, 1994, the court indicated that it would approve the settlement, but took under advisement plaintiff's additional request for a reduction of certain liens under Va. Code § 8.01-66.9. That section, which gives the Commonwealth, its programs, institutions, and departments a lien for medical services rendered to, or payments made on behalf of, an injured person, also provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

The court in which a suit by an injured…