Legal Opinion
Jodie Nevils v. Group Health Plan, Inc., and ACS Recovery Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided February 4, 2014No. SC93134PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.
Jodie Nevils (Appellant) filed suit against Group Health Plan, Inc., (GHP) and ACS Recovery Services, Inc., (ACS) (collectively Respondents) after Respondents enforced a subrogation lien against Nevils’s settlement of a personal injury claim. The trial court, consistent with Buatte v. Gencare Health Sys., Inc., 989 S.W.2d 440 (Mo.App.1996), entered summary judgment in favor of Respondents on grounds that 5 U.S.C. section 8902(m)(l) of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Act (“FEHBA”) preempts Missouri law prohibiting subrogation. Nevils asserts that FEHBA does not…
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