Legal Opinion
Kerlinsky v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 13, 1984PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Two claimants to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) engaged Mr. Louis Kerlinsky, a lawyer, to represent them before the Social Security Administration. 2 In that endeavor he enjoyed success; in collecting a fee he failed. Mr. Kerlinsky thereupon brought an action against the State Department of Public Welfare asserting an attorney’s lien. Both parties moved for summary judgment on the main counts in the complaint and the Commonwealth’s motion was allowed. 3 Judgment entered accordingly, triggering this appeal.
Some grasp of the connection between SSI payments and reimbursement of interim…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Philpott v. Essex County Welfare BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- In the Matter of Roger Burnett Treadwell, Debtor. James D. Walker, Jr., Trustee v. Roger Burnett Treadwell, and Regina TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Janice E. DevallCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Moore v. ColauttiDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Vaughn v. CalifanoDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Binder & Binder Pc v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Pomann, Callanan & Sofen, PC v. Wayne County Department of Social ServicesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
- Kraft v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- In re J.G.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
- Binder & Binder, P.C. v. BarnhartDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2003
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