KNORI v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 04-189.

109 P.3d 905 (2005)

2005 WY 48

Richard D. KNORI, Personal Representative of the Estate of Pansy Knori, deceased, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Wyoming, ex rel., DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF MEDICAID, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Lawrence B. Hartnett, Law Offices of Lawrence B. Hartnett, Jackson, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley, Deputy Attorney General; and James P. Espy, Special Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Espy.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, KITE, and BURKE, JJ., and DONNELL, D.J.


DONNELL, District Judge.

[¶ 1] This case concerns the availability of the defense of equitable estoppel against a governmental agency seeking to collect a judgment on a creditor's claim. The District Court granted the agency's motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

ISSUE

[¶ 2] Appellant states the issue as follows:

[I]s equitable estoppel against a governmental agency allowed and an appropriate remedy...

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