granting petition for review on March 10, 2010

In Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. (2010) __ Cal.4th __, 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 770, the court granted review regarding the following issues: “(1) Is the ‘negotiated rate differential’-the difference between the full billed rate for medical care and the actual amount paid as negotiated between a medical provider and an insurer-a collateral source benefit under the collateral source rule, which allows plaintiff to collect that amount as economic damages, or is the plaintiff limited in economic damages to the amount the medical provider accepts as payment?