Posted On: January 18, 2010
SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER: RESTITUTION FOR COSTS AT KAISER
At Kaiser Permanente, you pay a membership fee, then you pay only a token amount for medical services, less than the actual costs of those services. The defendant here injured the victim, who got treatment at Kaiser. The trial court rdered no restitution. The DA wants restitution for the full amount Kaiser claimed. The California Court of Appeal must order payment for the actual services provided, even though the victim didn' actually pay
for them. But it s not the full amount claimed. Kaiser had agreed to accept a lesser amount as payment in full; that's the amount to be ordered.
People v. Duong; 2010 DJ DAR 673; DJ, 1/15/10; C/A 1st, Div. 3
