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MERCY HOSP. & MEDICAL v. FARMERS INS. GROUP OF COS.

Docket No. S054093.

15 Cal.4th 213 (1997)

MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP OF COMPANIES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Philip D. Peatman and Mark W. Pike for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Chapin, Fleming & Winet, Aaron H. Katz, Shirley Banner Gauvin and Frank L. Tobin for Defendant and Respondent.

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Feris M. Greenberger, Barbara W. Ravitz and Robert A. Olson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent

OPINION

BROWN, J.

In California, when a hospital provides care for a patient, the hospital has a statutory lien against any judgment, compromise, or settlement received by the patient from a third person responsible for his or her injuries, or the third person's insurer, if the hospital has notified the third person or insurer of the lien. (Civ. Code,1 §§ 3045.1, 3045.2, 3045.3.) If the hospital...

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