HOWELL v. HAMILTON MEATS & PROVISIONS, INC. REBECCA HOWELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HAMILTON MEATS & PROVISIONS, INC. , Defendant and Respondent. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Rebecca Howell was seriously injured in an automobile accident negligently caused by a driver for defendant Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (Hamilton). At trial, Hamilton conceded liability and the necessity of the medical treatment plaintiff had received, contesting only the amounts of plaintiff's economic and noneconomic damages. Hamilton moved in limine to exclude evidence of medical bills that neither plaintiff nor her health insurer, PacifiCare, had paid. Had Howell been uninsured, or had Howell's providers donated their services, Howell would be entitled to recover the reasonable cost of her medical care.

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