NEAL v. DETROIT RECEIVING HOSP.

No. 329733.

903 N.W.2d 832 (2017)

319 Mich.App. 557

Ladonna NEAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Meridian Health Plan of Michigan, also known as MHPM, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL and University Health Center, also known as VHS Receiving Hospital Inc., also known as Legacy DMC, also known as Legacy ERH-UHC, Defendants, and Department of Health and Human Services, Amicus Curiae.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 16, 2017, 9:10 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers Schwartz, PC (by Matthew L. Turner and Ramona C. Howard ), for LaDonna Neal.

Lewis & Munday, PC (by Samuel E. McCargo ), for Meridian Health Plan of Michigan.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, and Timothy J. Haynes , Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.

Before: Servitto, P.J., and Cavanagh and Fort Hood, JJ.


Plaintiff, LaDonna Neal, appeals as of right an opinion and order requiring her to pay the full amount of a Medicaid lien, $110,238.19, following the settlement of her medical malpractice action. We reverse the decision, vacate the order, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

In April 2013, plaintiff...

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