SUHOR v. LAGASSE

No. 2000-C-1628.

770 So.2d 422 (2000)

Robert G. SUHOR, Jr., William Pastor and Gene Waguespack v. Theresa Hahn LAGASSE, LJE Partnership, E.J.L. Corp. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Mura, Jr., Forstall, Mura & Power, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Relator, Dorothy Suhor.

Sidney J. Angelle, William P. McGovern, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants-Respondents.

Court composed of Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge PATRICK M. SCHOTT.


PLOTKIN, J.

We grant this writ of certiorari to consider whether Louisiana's collateral source rule allows a tort victim to recover as special damages from a tortfeasor the amount of medical expenses written off and extinguished by healthcare providers who received direct payments from Medicare. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the collateral source rule does not give tort victims the right to recover medical expenses extinguished by operation of federal...

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