United States Fourth Circuit

The court affirmed a decision requiring a Medicare recipient to reimburse the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for the amount of benefits after she received a malpractice settlement from a healthcare provider.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2004
• Published 07/07/2004

Judges

• Before MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and Pasco M. BOWMAN, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Peter Aull Cerick, Herndon, Virginia, for Appellant.   Steven E. Gordon, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   Benjamin W. Glass, III, Robert Mann, Yvonne T. Griffin, Julia Brasfield, Fairfax, Virginia, for Amicus Supporting Appellant.