Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Personal Injury Lawsuits

Do workers’ compensation benefits pay for my chiropractic treatments?

Can an attorney help negotiate the amount I must repay to my medical insurance company?

San Diego CA Jaywalking Question | What is "Jaywalking" and What do I Need to Know If I am Injured Jaywalking?

When is hiring a San Diego, California personal injury attorney necessary?

CALIFORNIA MEDI-CAL HEALTH LIEN REDUCTION: What the heck is an "Ahlborn Reduction," and why or how is it relevant to my personal injury case settlement?

What is the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Recovery Program?

If my medical care was paid by California MediCal, do I have to pay back MediCal from my settlement?

CALIFORNIA COLLATERAL SOURCE RULE: What the heck is the Collateral Source Rule and why is it relevant to my California personal injury settlement?

What is the "Common Fund Doctrine" and how is it relevant to my California personal injury settlement?

CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL LIENS: Can a hospital recover more, beyond what it agreed to accept from my private health insurance carrier, when I get a California personal injury settlement? (Also known as the " Nishihama Rule" )

SAN DIEGO CA COUNTY MEDICAL SERVICES (CMS) HEALTH LIENS: If all or part of my medical care for my California bodily injury case was covered by San Diego CMS , do I have pay them back at time of settlement of my bodily injury case for what they paid for my medical care?

Does the California Common Fund Doctrine apply in cases where my medical care was covered in part or in full by my auto insurance carrier known as my "medical pay benefits" provision? How does this relate to my California personal injury settlement?

Can California MediCal come after a lawsuit for wrongful death to try and get paid back what they paid out in the underlying wrongful death action?

Under the California Hospital lien act, does a hospital lien take precedent before my attorney's contingency fee (lien) on my California personal injury case?

CALIFORNIA "MAKE WHOLE" DOCTRINE: What the heck is the "Make Whole Doctrine," and how is it relevant to my personal injury case or settlement?

CALIFORNIA MAKE WHOLE DEFENSE: Okay, there is the "make whole doctrine" and the "make whole defense" - what the heck is the "make whole defense?"

After my injured child receives a bodily injury settlement and it is approved by the court, and the funds are deposited into a "minor's blocked account," can I or the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) deposit more funds into the blocked account in the future?

How soon after the California judge approves my injured baby's or child's settlement must the funds be deposited into a minor's blocked account?

Is the Minor Child Required to Attend the Court Hearing for Approval of His or Her Bodily Injury Settlement?

Questions Generally Asked by the Judge during the Court Approval Hearing