{"id":4704,"date":"2015-01-07T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2015-01-03T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T21:27:21","slug":"solving-health-care-liens-remains-question-illinois-appellate-court-decision-appellate-districts-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/solving-health-care-liens-remains-question-illinois-appellate-court-decision-appellate-districts-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving Health-Care Liens Remains in Question after Illinois Appellate Court Decision; Appellate Districts are in Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent Illinois Appellate Court case, the issue was whether to deduct attorney fees and litigation expenses from the personal-injury settlement amount or judgment before calculating the 40 percent maximum that hospitals and doctors are entitled to receive as their share of lawsuit proceeds under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2498&amp;ChapterID=63\">Illinois\u2019 Health Care Services Lien Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2012 5th District Appellate Court decision, that court interpreted the health-care lien act as meaning that \u201cthe trial court should have begun its calculations of 40 percent for the lienholders after payment of attorney fees and costs necessary in securing the judgment.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.il.us\/court\/opinions\/AppellateCourt\/2012\/5thDistrict\/5110187.pdf\">Stanton v. Rea, 2012 IL App (5th) 110187.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the Illinois Appellate Court for the 1st District has ruled in a consolidated appeal that involved liens asserted by Cook County\u2019s Stroger Hospital that \u201ca circuit court may not subtract attorney fees and costs from a plaintiff\u2019s recovery before calculating health-care services liens from the resulting subtotal; the calculation of the health-care services lien must be made from plaintiff\u2019s total recovery. To that extent, the 5th District in Stanton suggested otherwise. We disagree.\u201d That quote comes directly out of the text of the decision in the Wolf case discussed below.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/judgepedia.org\/Margaret_Stanton_McBride\">Justice Margaret Stanton McBride<\/a> wrote the opinion.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/solving-health-care-liens-remains-question-illinois-appellate-court-decision-appellate-districts-conflict\/#more-4704\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent Illinois Appellate Court case, the issue was whether to deduct attorney fees and litigation expenses from the personal-injury settlement amount or judgment before calculating the 40 percent maximum that hospitals and doctors are entitled to receive as their share of lawsuit proceeds under Illinois\u2019 Health Care Services Lien Act. 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