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Recent Appellate Case Addresses Medicaid’s Ability to File Liens on Wrongful Death Settlement Proceeds

Mar 23, 2016 in Case Law Updates by

In a recent decision in The Estate of Betsy Gladis Hernandez v. Agency for Healthcare Administration, 41 Fla. L. Weekly D424, the Third District Court of Appeal reviewed a trial court’s decision to allocate a portion of a wrongful death settlement to pay a Medicaid lien held by Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”).

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Supreme Court Rules that a Determination of Damages in an Uninsured Motorist Action is Binding as an Element of Damages in a Subsequent First Party Bad Faith Action Against the Same Insurer

Mar 23, 2016 in Case Law Updates by

In Fridman v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, the Supreme Court of Florida ruled that an insured is entitled to a determination of liability in the full extent of their damages in an uninsured motorist (UM) action before they file a first party bad faith action.

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