WHITE v. SUTHERLAND

No. 3378.

585 P.2d 331 (1978)

92 N.M. 187

Julia T. WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John W. SUTHERLAND, Defendant, and Health and Social Services Department of the State of New Mexico, Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing denied August 11, 1978.

Writ of Certiorari Denied September 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, Muriel McClelland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albuquerque, Carolyn Cosner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for defendant.

Matteucci & Matteucci, Willard F. Kitts and Elizabeth E. Whitefield, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.


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...

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