By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefSome of the nation's defense lawyers, insurers, retailers and workers' compensation attorneys are pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve conflicting circuit court rulings and decide how much Medicare can collect from settlements in which beneficiaries receive awards that are apportioned according to the defendants' degree of responsibility.The high court has scheduled a conference on Sept. 24 to decide whether to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari in Vernon Hadden v. United States, Case No. 09-6072.Hadden's attorney, David Farb...
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