Maryland Medicaid Agency Settles Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
MARCH 22, 2010 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 10 This week’s Elder Law Issues was written by our friend and Maryland colleague Ron M. Landsman. He describes the resolution of a class lawsuit he initiated in Maryland, challenging that state’s practice of setting Medicaid patients’ co-payment amount too high to allow them to pay nursing home bills incurred […]
Attorney Prepares Will Leaving Client’s Estate to His Daughter
APRIL 24, 2006 VOLUME 13, NUMBER 43 Sarah Ann Ester Straw went to her lawyer, N. Frank Lanocha, to have a will prepared. According to Mr. Lanocha, she wanted to leave the bulk of her estate to the lawyer’s daughter, Teresa Lanocha-Sisson. He prepared a will that did exactly that—in fact, it left $1,000 to […]
Two Lawyers Suspended For Including Themselves in Wills
APRIL 21, 2003 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 42 In recent weeks two Maryland lawyers have lost their licenses to practice law for the same offense. Both wrote themselves into wills they prepared for their clients. Even though each lawyer had a longstanding personal relationship with the client, and there was no evidence of coercion or influence, […]