Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
Case Number: S10G1142
The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/