Legal Opinion
White v. Sutherland
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 1, 1978No. 3378PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff sought damages from defendant chiropractor, alleging malpractice. H.S. S.D. (Health and Social Services Department of the State of New Mexico) paid various medical bills of plaintiff and intervened in the damage suit. H.S.S.D. sought to recover the amount of medical assistance payments made. The damage suit was settled. This appeal is concerned with the division of the settlement money between plaintiff and H.S.S.D. We discuss: (1) § 13-1-20.1, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 3, pt. 1); (2) N.M.Const. art. IV, § 32; and (3) equitable division of the settlement…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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