WALKER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 95-CV-128.

682 A.2d 639 (1996)

Bessie WALKER, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Vangsnes, with whom Michael H. Feldman and Christopher V. Tisi were on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Edward E. Schwab, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Before us is the first case that has reached this court requiring us to interpret several provisions of the Health-Care Assistance Reimbursement Act of 1984 ("the Act").1 The Act generally deals with the right of the District to recover the costs of health-care assistance from third parties who, by reason of tort or contract, would have been liable to the beneficiary...

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