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**Essefsbyday** · 12-27-2011, 08:08 PM

Judge: $178,000 found in abandoned safe in Mass. belong to state for owner's medical bills

LAWRENCE, Mass. - A Massachusetts judge has ruled that the more than $178,000 stashed inside a safe found in an empty lot belongs to the state.

The 2,000-pound safe was dumped in Lawrence, Mass., in November 2008 by a tow truck driver. The driver had hauled it away from a shoe store once owned by Sally Daher, who died in 2001. The store's new tenant wanted it removed because he thought it might attract burglars.

A judge ruled the safe's contents belong to the state's Division of Medical Assistance for bills Daher incurred while in a nursing facility for five years prior to her death.

State law allows for health care costs to be recouped from a person's estate.

One of Daher's children tells The Eagle-Tribune (http://bit.ly/uiGlqA) he's "ecstatic" the money will settle his mother's debt.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/136258768.html

Wonder who's lot it was dumped on, and who 'turned it in'? With or w/o opening it?

Also sounds as if the debt collectors are still after her kids 10 years after the Mom's death... what a tangled mess.

12-27-2011, 08:08 PM	#1
Essefsbyday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Judge: $178,000 found in abandoned safe in Mass. belong to state for owner's medical Judge: $178,000 found in abandoned safe in Mass. belong to state for owner's medical bills LAWRENCE, Mass. - A Massachusetts judge has ruled that the more than $178,000 stashed inside a safe found in an empty lot belongs to the state. The 2,000-pound safe was dumped in Lawrence, Mass., in November 2008 by a tow truck driver. The driver had hauled it away from a shoe store once owned by Sally Daher, who died in 2001. The store's new tenant wanted it removed because he thought it might attract burglars. A judge ruled the safe's contents belong to the state's Division of Medical Assistance for bills Daher incurred while in a nursing facility for five years prior to her death. State law allows for health care costs to be recouped from a person's estate. One of Daher's children tells The Eagle-Tribune (http://bit.ly/uiGlqA) he's "ecstatic" the money will settle his mother's debt. http://www.startribune.com/nation/136258768.html Wonder who's lot it was dumped on, and who 'turned it in'? With or w/o opening it? Also sounds as if the debt collectors are still after her kids 10 years after the Mom's death... what a tangled mess.
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