Collateral Source

Collateral Source -


 * A collateral source is a third party source for payments for costs incurred because of an injury or death that come from a source. “Third party source” means a source of funds other than coming from the defendant in a legal action. Examples would be private life insurance that provides financial support for families of a decedent, disability insurance that provided regular payments to replace lost earnings, and so forth.


 * From: http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/economics/ForensicEconomics/definitions.html

Also see Collateral source rule.