1 / 8

Lien Resolution in Personal Injury Cases

You may have heard the term lien and wondered how it applies to your personal injury case. Many understand that someone can assert a lien against real property for some types of legal matters.

Matrafajlo
Download Presentation

Lien Resolution in Personal Injury Cases

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Lien Resolution In Personal Injury Cases Li

  2. You are injured in an accident that was caused by another party’s recklessness or negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your property damage, medical costs, pain and suffering, and any other costs related to the accident.

  3. Reasons Liens are placed on Personal Injury Cases • Medicare • Child Support • Medicaid • State Disability

  4. Medicare Did you receive medical benefits from Medicare either because you are totally disabled or of the age to receive benefits?If Medicare paid out benefits on your behalf related to your accident, they are entitled to reimbursement.

  5. Child Support If your injuries created a hardship for making your child support payments, a lien will be placed on your personal injury lawsuit. Before funds can be disbursed in your case, your lawyer is required to determine whether you are up to date on child support.

  6. Medicaid If Medicaid afforded you benefits for injuries related to your accident claim, they are entitled to repayment.This doesn’t mean that you have to reimburse money used for unrelated expenses. Medicaid will provide a printout of all expenses for evaluation.

  7. State Disability If your work related case is initially denied, you may receive state disability benefits.If the court finds in your favor and the workers compensation carrier pays you for lost wages, you must reimburse the state.

  8. Contact Us At the Law Offices of Beninato & Matrafaljo, we provide decades of legal experience to those who have been Personalinjured in accident. Contact us to discuss the feasibility of a claim on your behalf.

More Related