Ask a Lawyer Sep 12, 2013 | 1498 views | 0 0 comments | 45 45
recommendations | email to a friend | print I had a car wreck in
March and went to Walker Baptist ER. Last week, I got a
“hospital lien” in the mail that had been filed in the Probate
Court. What does that mean? Are they going to try to take my
house? I gave them my Medicare card but Walker Baptist says they
will not file it because they want part of any money that I get
from the guy who hit me. Can they do that? Addie C., Jasper  If
you are injured in an accident such as an automobile wreck and
are treated at a local hospital emergency room, it is likely
that you may get a notice of a “hospital lien” from the hospital
or a company representing the hospital.   Typically, a hospital
will assert a lien in any situation where a person is
transported to the hospital emergency room by ambulance or
helicopter.     Alabama Code Section 35-11-370 states a hospital
shall have a lien for the charges for hospital care of an
injured person who entered the hosp