Arkansas Code
Chapter 46 - Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act
§ 18-46-111. Incorporation of lien in action by patient

If a patient has instituted an action in any court in Arkansas to enforce his or her claim against the tortfeasor through whose fault or neglect he or she was injured, or against any insurer by which he or she was insured against loss through accident or accidental means, and a practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider has filed in the court in which the action is pending a notice of his or her claim of lien, as authorized by this chapter, the court before which the action is pending shall have jurisdiction with respect to that claim of lien and shall embody in its judgment such an award with respect thereto as the evidence warrants.

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