Martinez v. St. Joseph Healthcare System

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• characterizing Bashara as a case of statutory construction unique to the Texas hospital lien
• lien amount does not include attorney fees incurred by lienholder to recover payment
• “Under [the common-fund] doctrine, an attorney who creates a pool of funds for a group has the right to seek payment from the pool or seek proportional contribution from those who accept the benefits of the attorney’s efforts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).