Bozeman v. State

Bozeman (plaintiff) suffered severe injuries in a car accident and required a month of hospitalization followed by three years in long-term care until his death. Medicaid paid his approved medical expenses, and under Medicaid rules, his healthcare providers were required to write off a large portion of what they had originally billed. His widow sued the state transportation department for causing the accident through a dangerous highway; the trial court awarded the full original billed amount, but the court of appeals reduced the award by the Medicaid write-off amount, and the widow appealed.