GARCIA v. BUTTERWORTH HOSP.

Docket No. 187928.

573 N.W.2d 627 (1997)

226 Mich. App. 254

Manuel GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Farmers Insurance Exchange and Lake States Insurance Company, Defendants, and BUTTERWORTH HOSPITAL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 31, 1997, at 9:20 a.m.

Released for Publication February 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Rinck, Grand Rapids, for Manuel Garcia.

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C. by Stephen R. Ryan, Grand Rapids, for Butterworth Hospital.

Before MARK J. CAVANAGH, P.J., and HOLBROOK and JANSEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this case involving no-fault insurance benefits, the trial court ordered defendantinsurer Farmers Insurance Exchange to pay plaintiff's attorney one-third of the amount of the check issued by Farmers Insurance to Butterworth Hospital for payment of plaintiff's medical bills pursuant to plaintiff's contingent fee agreement with his attorney. Appellant Butterworth Hospital appeals as of right from that order, and we reverse.

In January 1994, plaintiff...

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