Any person, private or corporate, who pays over any money to any such injured person, his attorney, heirs, assigns, or legal representatives against whom there is a lien as provided in this article of which he has received notice as provided in this article is liable to the hospital having such lien for the amount thereof not exceeding the net amount paid to such injured person, his heirs, assigns, or legal representatives. Any action under this section shall be commenced within one year after the date of such payment, and the court shall allow a reasonable attorney's fee for the collection and enforcement of such lien.L. 67: p. 881, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 86-8-3.
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