Legal Question in Personal Injury in Texas

If an attorney gives a medical provider a letter of protection, then that provider must be paid out of the proceeds of the settlement or judgment obtained for a client. Likewise, a hospital or any other medical provider that has perfected a lien must be paid. Often an attorney can get the providers to agree to taking a reduced amount in full satisfaction of the client's bills.

Having all or part of your medical bills paid may not be as satisfying as putting cash in your pocket, but you should agree that such a result is not as unfair as the doctors, who spent time and $ helping you, being stiffed on their bills. The attorney will pay the doctors rather than give the funds to the client in order to avoid such a situation. Otherwise, the doctors can demand that the attorney pay them up to the amount released to the client.