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- http://articles.philly.com/1996-06-21/news/25629413_1_hemophiliacs-tax-assistance-aids-virus
Help Is Offered To Repair A Woman's Shattered Life Judith Trullinger Will Get Free Legal Help For A Hearing Today.
June 21, 1996|By Donna Shaw, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Offers of money, housing, and legal and tax assistance poured in yesterday for Judith Trullinger, the Colwyn, Delaware County, woman who lost her family and is scheduled to lose her home this morning in a sheriff's sale.
The office of U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) arranged for a lawyer to represent Trullinger for free this morning in a court proceeding before the scheduled sale. A Santorum spokesman said he was working with Colwyn Mayor James McAnany to delay the sale for several months if possible.
In addition, the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation, in Glenside, said it was establishing a relief fund at a local bank on Trullinger's behalf. Details were expected to be completed today.
Trullinger's only child, Mark, 20, died in 1992 from AIDS-related infections, while he was a student at Delaware County Community College. Like an estimated 10,000 other American hemophiliacs, Mark contracted the AIDS virus from contaminated blood-clotting medicines sold in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Trullinger, a single parent, became severely depressed and suicidal after Mark's death. She was unable to continue working and went deeply into debt. Her father, also a hemophiliac, was HIV-positive and died in 1985 after a series of strokes.
Lawyers for the nation's infected hemophiliacs and the four pharmaceutical companies that sold the tainted clotting drugs are working out details of a proposed $640 million settlement. If the deal is approved, Trullinger could receive $100,000, and perhaps as much as $200,000 if she could prove that her father's death was related to the infected products, which were made from human blood plasma. She owes about $35,000 on her mortgage.
Among the callers were several people, including some former co-workers, who offered money to help Trullinger.
Several other people offered her a place to stay, ranging from temporary shelter to a permanent home. A disabled man offered her a job, helping him with shopping and light housekeeping, in return for room and board.
Two other callers, both certified public accountants, said they would help Trullinger get her financial affairs in order.
The Internal Revenue Service has sent her notices estimating that, based on prior earnings, she may owe the government as much as $145,000 in back taxes. They allege that she has not filed an income tax return in seven years, which Trullinger denies.
U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
Name: Judith E Trullinger
[Judith Trullinger]
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1942
Residence Date: 1986
Phone Number: 461-2275
Address: 536 S 4th St
Residence: Darby, PA
Postal Code: 19023-3118
Second Phone Number: 461-2275
Second Address: None
Second Residence: Darby, PA
Second Postal Code: 19023
Third Residence Date: 1992
Third Phone Number: 461-2275
Third Address: 536 S 4th St
Third Residence: Darby, PA
Third Postal Code: 19023-3118
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
Name: Judith E Trullinger
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1942
Phone Number: 461-2275
Address: 536 S 4th St, Darby, PA, 19023-3118 (1986)
[None, Darby, PA, 19023]
[536 S 4th St, Darby, PA, 19023-3118 (1992)]
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1942 - 2011 (68 years)
d. 5 Apr 2017, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery, PA 
