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The New Troika On The Block

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Posted by Dianne December 03rd, 2010 at 22:42pm under Personal Injury

I wrote a couple days ago about the collateral source rule, and said a new state law taking effect August 11, 2010 reinforces this rule. The collateral source rule says that the amount of damages paid to a plaintiff by a defendant can not be reduced by payments the plaintiff has received from other sources ("collateral sources") such as the plaintiff's medical insurance.

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