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DIGNITY HEALTH v. FARMERS INS. CO. OF ARIZ.

No. 1 CA-CV 18-0292.

444 P.3d 743 (2019)

DIGNITY HEALTH, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF ARIZONA, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

FILED June 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gammage & Burnham PLC, Phoenix, By Richard B. Burnham , Cameron C. Artigue , Christopher L. Hering , Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Jardine, Baker, Hickman & Houston, P.L.L.C., Phoenix, By Bradley R. Jardine , Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Chief Judge Samuel A. Thumma delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Judge Kent E. Cattani and Judge James P. Beene joined.

OPINION

¶1 The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether payments under optional medical payments coverage in an automobile insurance policy (what the parties call "medpay coverage") are "health insurance" and, therefore, not subject to a health care provider lien. As discussed below, because medpay coverage...

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