{"id":2936,"date":"2016-09-20T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2016-09-20T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:45:59","slug":"cook-county-hospital-lien-found-invalid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook-county-hospital-lien-found-invalid\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Hospital Lien Found to be Invalid"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bench trial brought by the mother of 12-year-old Akeem Manago resulted in a $200,000 judgement in favor of Akeem.\u00a0The case was brought by Akeem\u2019s mother, April Pritchett.\u00a0Akeem suffered permanent scars, pain and suffering and loss of normal life resulting in this judgment. Akeem was treated for his burns at Cook County\u2019s Stroger Hospital<\/a>, which accumulated $79,572 in bills.\u00a0In the bench trial judgment, there was no award for medical expenses, although the hospital bills were presented to the judge by stipulation of the parties.<\/p>\n

Pritchett faced liability for Akeem\u2019s hospital bills under the Family Expense Statute<\/a>.\u00a0However, the court ruled that the defendants in the case were not liable for health-care damages because \u201cno evidence was adduced to establish that April Pritchett had any expectation that she had to pay any of the $79,572 back to Stroger Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

The county nevertheless asserted a hospital lien against the $200,000 judgment based on Section 10(a) of the Health Care Services Lien Act.
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A bench trial brought by the mother of 12-year-old Akeem Manago resulted in a $200,000 judgement in favor of Akeem.\u00a0The case was brought by Akeem\u2019s mother, April Pritchett.\u00a0Akeem suffered permanent scars, pain and suffering and loss of normal life resulting in this judgment. 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