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KERLINSKY v. COMMONWEALTH

17 Mass. App. Ct. 501 (1984)

459 N.E.2d 1240

LOUIS KERLINSKY vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Kerlinsky pro se.

H. Reed Witherby, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Public Welfare.

Present: GRANT, BROWN, & KASS, JJ.

KASS, 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...

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