Legal Opinion
Sargeant v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1981PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The defendant Commissioner of Public Welfare (commissioner) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court. The commissioner alleges error in the award to the plaintiffs Ruth Sargeant (plaintiff) and Dolores Mixter (intervener) of interest on overdue medical assistance benefits. The plaintiffs cross appeal from so much of the judgment as fails to award interest on payments for services provided prior to August 3, 1970, the date the plaintiff filed a written request for a fair hearing on the matter of the overdue payments. We ordered the case transferred to this court on our own motion for…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ruth M. Sargeant v. Alexander E. Sharp, IICourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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- Cochrane v. ForbesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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