§ 2251 - Lien established - Vermont Statutes

§ 2251. Lien established

A hospital in Vermont, as defined in section 1801 of this title, furnishing medical or other service, including but not limited to charges of private duty nurses, to a patient injured by reason of an accident not covered by the workers' compensation act, section 601 et seq. of Title 21, shall have a lien upon any recovery for damages to be received by the patient, or by his heirs or personal representatives in the case of his death, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise after date of the services. This lien shall not attach to one-third of said recovery or $500.00 whichever shall be the lesser and in addition said lien shall be subordinate to an attorney's lien. (1963, No. 209, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1963; amended 1981, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)