RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and ACCEPT the recommendation of the Lien Committee to reduce the County’s medical lien to $5,000 for medical care rendered to the minor child of Edward Castillo for treatment of injuries resulting from an automobile accident on May 26, 2007.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The net County cost is $34,456.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County California Children Services authorized and paid for trauma services provided at John Muir Medical Center for the minor child of Edward Castillo, who was injured in a motor vehicle accident on May 26, 2007. Edward Castillo, on behalf of his minor child, engaged the Law Offices of Arnold Laub, to pursue damages from the driver of the vehicle that caused the accident and injured the child.
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