Draft LEO: Plaintiff is not required to indemnify liens 
Issue arises often over Medicare
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Published: June 9, 2011
Tags: Legal Ethics Opinion, Personal Injury, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Virginia State Bar, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Trial lawyers are cheering and the defense bar and at least one corporation are booing a proposed Legal Ethics Opinion on lawyers’ obligations for unpaid liens in personal injury cases.
LEO 1858, as drafted, says it is unethical for a plaintiff’s lawyer to indemnify an insurance carrier against any unpaid liens; moreover, it says an insurance ...
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