A lawyer and his law firm must pay sanctions for filing a racketeering claim against his opponent in negotiations over a hospital lien, which a lower court called “improper from the outset,” the Tenth Circuit said.
James Lyle represented Judy Parker, who was injured in a car accident in New Mexico and subsequently had a $15,171 hospital lien filed against her. Lyle maintained that the lien should be reduced to $2,124 under New Mexico’s common fund doctrine and principles of equitable subrogation.
After negotiations with the San Juan Regional Medical Center and its billing agent collapsed, Lyle turned to the ...
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