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MATTER OF GUARDIANSHIP OF HUNTER

No. 88-839.

442 N.W.2d 94 (1989)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF Ronald Lee HUNTER. STATE of Iowa ex rel. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, Appellant, v. Michael J. HUNTER, as Guardian and Conservator of the estate of Ronald Lee Hunter, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Robin G. Formaker and Richard E. Mull, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Wallace L. Taylor, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the priority of a claim in probate brought by the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to funds received by the guardianship and conservatorship of Ronald Lee Hunter. The issue presented is whether the hospital lien perfected by University Hospitals, for expenses incurred in treating Ronald Hunter's injuries, is entitled to priority over claims for attorney fees and litigation expenses incurred in pursuing a personal...

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