Supreme Court of Virginia· 6/9/2000

Acuar v. Letourneau

Citations

531 S.E.2d 316
260 Va. 180
2000 Va. LEXIS 107

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holding that under Virginia law plaintiff may present evidence of the full amount of his reasonable medical expenses without any reduction to reflect discounted amounts
holding that under Virginia law plaintiff may present evidence of the full amount of his reasonable medical expenses without any reduction to reflect discounted amounts
holding that plaintiff could present evidence of the full amount of medical expenses without any reduction for the amounts written off by healthcare providers
recognizing that the proper focus of the collateral source rule is “whether a tort victim has received benefits from a collateral source that cannot be used to reduce the amount of damages owed by a tortfeasor”
explaining that portions of medical expenses that health care providers wrote off constitute compensation from a source collateral to the tortfeasor
explaining that \[t]he wrongdoer cannot reap the benefit of a contract for which the wrongdoer paid no compensation\

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Judges: Kinser

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