WISTEDT v. DEPT. OF HLT. & REH. SERV.

No. 90-01040.

571 So.2d 48 (1990)

Tore WISTEDT, by and through Betty Wistedt, Personal Representative of the Estate of Tore Wistedt, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crit Smith, Smith and Thompson, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant.

Christopher L. Buttermore, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us on appeal from an order of the State hearing officer denying medicaid benefits from March 1988 forward. Appellant argues that the hearing officer erred in failing to consider his existing indebtedness for medical care in determining his eligibility for medicaid benefits. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

We find the doctrine of res judicata bars appellant's claim for medicaid benefits from June 1988 forward. We agree...

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