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TREVINO v. HHL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 96SC372.

945 P.2d 1345 (1997)

Abel TREVINO, Petitioner, v. HHL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation; and University Hospital, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing October 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. McFarland, Golden, for Petitioner.

McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Ann E. Edelman, Denver, for Respondent University Hospital.

Machol & Johannes, P.C., Jacques A. Machol, III, Denver, for Respondent HHL Financial Services, Inc.

Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case raises the question of whether a hospital enforcing its statutory lien for medical services upon proceeds of a personal injury settlement must contribute a proportionate share of the attorney fees incurred in obtaining the recovery. In Trevino v. HHL Financial Services, Inc., 928 P.2d 766 (Colo. App.1996), the court of appeals held that neither the common fund doctrine...

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