Legal Opinion
Guerriero v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 2001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
This case concerns Jeannette Guemero’s application for Medicaid benefits. The division of medical assistance (division) denied the application on the ground that Guemero held sufficient, available resources as a beneficiary of the principal of a self-settled trust. Guemero filed a complaint in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, § 14, challenging the division’s inclusion of the trust principal as a basis for denying her benefits. Relying on an amendment to the Medicaid statute enacted by Congress in 1993, a Superior Court judge reversed the division’s decision. We granted the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cohen v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical AssistanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Security Bank of New York v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Merchants National Bank v. MorrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Welch v. FloryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Doherty v. Director of the Office of MedicaidMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Heyn v. Director of the Office of MedicaidMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
- Ellis v. VarneyMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004
- Daley v. SuddersMassachusetts Superior Court · 2015
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