Lien for services or expenses; exception; entry on judgment docket
Sec. 1. A person, a firm, a partnership, an association, a limited
liability company, or a corporation maintaining a hospital in Indiana
or a hospital owned, maintained, or operated by the state or a
political subdivision of the state is entitled to hold a lien for the
reasonable value of its services or expenses on any judgment for
personal injuries rendered in favor of any person, except a person
covered by:
(1) the provisions of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6;
(2) the federal worker's compensation laws; or
(3) the federal liability act;
who is admitted to the hospital and receives treatment, care, and
maintenance on account of personal injuries received as a result of
the negligence of any person or corporation. In order to claim the
lien, the hospital must at the time or after the judgment is rendered,
enter, in writing, upon the judgment docket where the judgment is
recorded, the hospital's intention to hold a lien upon the judgment,
together with the amount claimed.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Last modified: May 24, 2006