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Corenbaum v. Lampkin

In hit-and-run case, full amount billed for medical care may not be used to determine damages where medical providers accepted lower amount as full payment.



Cite as

2013 DJDAR 6125

Published

May 15, 2013

Filing Date

May 13, 2013


JOHN CORENBAUM,

JOHN CORENBAUM,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

DWIGHT ERIC LAMPKIN,

Defendant and Appellant.

 

No. B236227

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. NC054159)

 

 

CHARLES CARTER et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

DWIGHT ERIC LAMPKIN,

Defendant and Appellant.

 

No. B237871

(Los Angeles County

Super. Ct. No. NC054349)

California Courts of Appeal

Second Appellate District

Division Three

Filed May 13, 2013

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

[NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

BY THE COURT:

 

     The opinion filed in this matter on April 30, 2013, is hereby modified in the following manner:

     Page 21:  The last sentence of footnote 12 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

     As the circumstance is not presented by the record before us, we do not reach or consider the issues that might arise in the event that a defendant seeks to introduce evidence that the reasonable value of past medical services was less than the amount accepted by the medical providers as full payment.

 

     [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

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