MISSISSIPPI DIV. OF MEDICAID v. PITTMAN

No. 2014-SA-00765-COA.

171 So.3d 583 (2015)

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID, Appellant v. Melissa PITTMAN, as Next Friend and Natural Guardian of Javas PITTMAN, a Minor, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nicholas Crawford , Francis Draper Ingram , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Eugene Coursey Tullos , John Raymond Tullos , Raleigh, attorneys for appellee.

Before IRVING, P.J., ROBERTS and MAXWELL, JJ.


¶ 1. When approving a minor's settlement, the chancellor here denied the subrogation rights of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (Medicaid), citing the "made whole" rule. But the made-whole rule only applies to an insurer's contractual right to subrogation.1 Medicaid's right...

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