RUSSELL, Justice.
Code § 8.01-66.9 gives the Commonwealth a lien for the amount due to state-operated hospitals and rehabilitative facilities where such institutions have afforded medical care to a person injured by the alleged negligence of another. The lien is imposed on the claim of the injured person against the alleged tort-feasor. The statute empowers the court in which a suit against such a tort-feasor is pending to reduce the Commonwealth's lien, and...
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