The phrase "a collateral source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or insurance contexts to refer to an alternative source of compensation or benefits that is separate from the primary source.
Example: "The court ruled that the plaintiff could not recover damages because they had already received compensation from a collateral source."
Alternatives: "an alternative source" or "a secondary source".
But the settlement did nothing to clarify whether charity should be treated as a collateral source under New York law.
Turner argued that charity was just such a collateral source and that it therefore should be deducted from any damages Turner had to pay to the synagogue.
The score is derived from a patient interview in conjunction with an interview of a collateral source.
Cognitive complaints needed to be reported by the subjects and were confirmed by a collateral source, usually a relative or spouse.
This score is derived from a patient interview and mental status examination in conjunction with an interview of a collateral source.
Briefly, experienced clinicians conducted independent semi-structured interviews with the participant and a knowledgeable collateral source that included a health history, neurological examination, the Mini-Mental State Examination [30], the CDR-Sum of Boxes [31], and a comprehensive neuropsychological battery.
Experienced clinicians conducted independent semi-structured interviews with the participant and a knowledgeable collateral source that included a health history and neurological examination.
Briefly, experienced clinicians conducted independent semi-structured interviews with the participant and a knowledgeable collateral source that included a health history, neurological examination, the MMSE (Folstein et al., 1975), the CDR-Sum of Boxes (Morris, 1993) and a comprehensive neuropsychological battery.
That is why I, along with Senator Robert G. Torricelli, have introduced a bill to repeal the collateral source rule.
The "collateral source" rule permits a plaintiff to try the case without ever informing the jury that he or she has already been compensated for an injury by insurance.
Although Mr. Feinberg and I have some disagreements -- in particular, on the base figure he proposed for noneconomic damages for pain and suffering -- it is up to Congress to fix the inequity of the collateral source rule.
