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KEVORKIAN'S ESTATE, MASS. MUSEUM FEUD OVER ARTWORK
(AP)
19 Oct 2011
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts-based Armenian Library and Museum
of America is refusing to surrender 17 paintings by assisted-suicide
advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
The paintings were among 140 of Kevorkian's personal effects set for
auction by his estate next week in New York City.
Kevorkian was of Armenian descent. He died in June in suburban Detroit.
The Watertown museum has sued the Kevorkian estate's attorney in
Middlesex County Court, arguing Kevorkian and his sister publicly
declared he had donated the works to it.
But Birmingham, Mich., attorney Mayer Morganroth on Wednesday said
the claims are "absurd" because neither he nor Kevorkian signed any
document donating the paintings. He says he's filed a motion to move
the lawsuit to federal court.
The museum says it'll keep the Kevorkian paintings until the matter
is resolved.
(AP)
19 Oct 2011
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts-based Armenian Library and Museum
of America is refusing to surrender 17 paintings by assisted-suicide
advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
The paintings were among 140 of Kevorkian's personal effects set for
auction by his estate next week in New York City.
Kevorkian was of Armenian descent. He died in June in suburban Detroit.
The Watertown museum has sued the Kevorkian estate's attorney in
Middlesex County Court, arguing Kevorkian and his sister publicly
declared he had donated the works to it.
But Birmingham, Mich., attorney Mayer Morganroth on Wednesday said
the claims are "absurd" because neither he nor Kevorkian signed any
document donating the paintings. He says he's filed a motion to move
the lawsuit to federal court.
The museum says it'll keep the Kevorkian paintings until the matter
is resolved.