California Court of Appeal

Federal Medicaid law, 42 USC 1396a(a)(25)(C), preempts Welfare and Institutions Code section 14124.791, which allows health care providers who provide health care to Medi-Cal recipientsan opportunity to place liens on recipients' tort judgments.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2001
• Published 05/09/2001

Judges

• McDONALD, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Chavez & Gertler, Mark A. Chavez, Kim E. Card, San Francisco;  Blumenthal, Ostroff & Markham, Sheldon A. Ostroff, David R. Markham, San Diego;  Law Offices of Thomas J. Brandi and Thomas J. Brandi, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Manjusha P. Kulkarni, for National Health Law Program as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Friestad & Giles and Deborah Giles, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent ScrippsHealth., Gary M. Orlansky, for Defendant and Respondent Medical Liability Recoveries, Inc., Stream & Stream, Theodore K. Stream, Jamie E. Wrage, Riverside, and Tera Harden, for Loma Linda University Medical Center, Inc. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg, Harvey L. Rochman and Wendy M. Conole, Los Angeles, for Catholic Healthcare West as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.