§ 35-18-01 — Hospital lien authorized for services to injured persons - Attachment to claims for relief, insurance, and other claims

claims for relief, insurance, and other claims.
Any charitable association, corporation, or other institution maintaining a hospital in this
state is entitled to a lien for the reasonable value of hospitalization services rendered to a
person injured in any accident. The lien attaches to all claims for relief, claims, demands, and
judgments recovered on account of the injuries against persons or corporations liable to the
injured person in tort for damages occasioned by negligence causing the injuries, and attaches
to the proceeds of the settlement of such claims or demands, and to insurance of the tort-feasor
payable by reason of the liability occasioned by such injury, and to any insurance or indemnity
payable to the injured person by any insurer.