INSURANCE Insurance Generally: Provide Provisions and Definitions Relating to Insurance, Recovery for Personal Injury from a Third Party, Settlement of Claims, Right of Reimbursement for Medical Expenses and Disability Payments, Set-Offs, Subrogation for Conflicting Provisions, Confidentiality Provisions, and Provisions for Notice to Third Parties

Authors

Amy E. Bergeron

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act relates to personal injury cases against third parties brought by or on behalf of a person to whom an insurance provider has paid medical benefits. The Act provides general provisions and definitions of insurance, including notice requirements, and provides for reimbursement of medical benefits paid to benefit providers when an injured person has been fully compensated for all economic and non-economic benefits. The Act further allows for allocations in a settlement or judgment among categories of damages. Additionally, the Act provides for a determination of attorney's fees and expenses associated with litigation.

Recommended Citation

Amy E. Bergeron, INSURANCE Insurance Generally: Provide Provisions and Definitions Relating to Insurance, Recovery for Personal Injury from a Third Party, Settlement of Claims, Right of Reimbursement for Medical Expenses and Disability Payments, Set-Offs, Subrogation for Conflicting Provisions, Confidentiality Provisions, and Provisions for Notice to Third Parties, 14 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (1997).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol14/iss1/3