Makris et al v. The ARC Westchester et al

Filing 131

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Trust shall cause to be paid to Medicare the full lien amount of $3,183.53. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause on 3/11/2025) (tg) Transmission to Finance Unit (Cashiers) for processing.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
PETER MAKRIS and ANNA MAKRIS, as
legal guardians of S.M.,
Plaintiffs,

No. 22 Civ. 9604 (AEK)
ORDER

-againstTHE ARC WESTCHESTER; SONIA
JARRETT; JAMARISS RHODES;
ROSEMARIE FINDLEY; SOPHIE BROWN;
BRIONIE BUCKLEY; ANDREA GORDON;
FLORENCE MOUNOUBAI; ARDIE-ANNA
PITKIN; SASHA WRIGHT; and ALIYAH
DAWSON,
Defendants.
WHEREAS Plaintiffs Peter Makris and Anna Makris, as legal guardians of S.M.,
by and through their attorneys Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP, negotiated a
resolution of this matter that was approved by this Court on June 10, 2024;
WHEREAS as part of that resolution, this Court approved the creation of a
Supplemental Needs Trust (“the Trust”), ECF No. 121;
WHEREAS Plaintiff received a final lien demand from Medicare of $3,183.53
relating to payments for treatment of injuries that were raised in this suit and resolved
by its settlement;
WHEREAS, had Medicare asserted a lien prior to that Court approval, the lien
would have been paid by Plaintiff’s portion of the settlement funds prior to those funds
being deposited into the Trust;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Trust shall cause to be paid to Medicare
the full lien amount of $3,183.53.

DATED: March 11, 2025
SO ORDERED
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Andrew E. Krause, U.S. Magistrate Judge