Statute 65-408: Same; persons liable to hospital; limitation of actions.
Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations,
including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to
his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the
injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of such notice without
paying to such hospital the amount of its lien or so much thereof as can be
satisfied out of the moneys due under any final judgment or compromise or
settlement agreement, after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall,
for a period of one year from the date of payment to such patient or his
heirs, attorneys or legal representatives, as aforesaid; be and remain
liable to such hospital for the amount which such hospital was entitled to
receive as aforesaid; any such association, corporation or other
institution maintaining such hospital may, within such period, enforce its
lien by a suit at law against such person or persons, firm or firms,
corporation or corporations making any such payment.
History: L. 1939, ch. 235, § 3; June 30.