§ 46:11.1 — Intervention in personal injury and workers' compensation suits

Louisiana § 46:11.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 46: Public Welfare and Assistance

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§11.1. Intervention in personal injury and workers' compensation suits
A. The Louisiana Department of Health, on behalf of any of the
general charity hospitals under the administration of said department, or the
United States, on behalf of any veterans administration hospital in the state, or
any military treatment facility, may intervene at any time prior to judgment in
any personal injury suit or in any suit involving worker's compensation claims
in which any of these hospitals has an interest, for the purpose of recovering
the cost of drugs, X-rays, laboratory fees, surgical, medical, and other expenses
of hospitalization and services rendered.
B. It is the intention of this Section that prescription shall not run
against the intervention by the department or a veterans administration
hospital, or any military treatment facility, in the state in any such suit in which
any of them may have an interest until judgment has been rendered in the
cause in the court of original jurisdiction or the prescriptive period provided
by law for the cause of action has run, whichever is the later.

Legislative History

Acts 1958, No. 465, §§1, 2; Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1991, No. 381, §1.