Collateral Source Rule Bars Admissibility Of Medicare Lien In Personal Injury Action

DENVER - A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on Jan. 17 held that a plaintiff's Medicare lien is inadmissible under the collateral source rule to show damages incurred in a personal injury lawsuit (Francisco Torres v. Commerce City Policy Officer Michael Kim, et al., No. 10-cv-01793, D. Colo.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5142). Full story on lexis.com