A Lackawanna County judge’s recent order allowing an auto-accident plaintiff to put her settlement into a “Special Needs Trust,” serves as an important reminder to lawyers on how to handle litigation settlements when the plaintiff in the case is receiving state benefits, the plaintiff’s attorney said.
Common Pleas Court Judge Terrence R. Nealon granted plaintiff Deborah Watkins’ petition for the trust last month in Watkins v. Baron after she settled her personal injury claim against defendant Bruce Baron.
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