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COPLIEN v. DEP. OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVICES

No. 83-601.

119 Wis.2d 52 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 92

Michael B. COPLIEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of James A. Olson and Donald W. Becker and Lawton & Cates of Madison.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Bruce A. Olsen, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman, J. and Rudolph T. Randa, Reserve Judge.

DYKMAN, J.

Michael Coplien appeals from a judgment declaring that he must fully reimburse the Department of Health and Social Services for Medicaid payments it made to him after he was injured. He argues that because he settled his personal injury claim for one-fourth of his damages, the department may recover only one-fourth of its payments to him. We affirm.

Coplien was injured in an Ohio automobile accident. He was eligible for Medicaid, and the department...

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