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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Brewster v. Dukakis

3:76-cv-04423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1976

Closed Date: 1992

On December 15, 1976, residents of the Northampton State Hospital in Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Massachusetts in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by failing to provide them with suitable treatment under the least restrictive conditions, by discriminating against them with respect to benefit allocation pursuant to federal statu…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
In Re: Schmidt

Docket No. Not Available | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 1980

This case involved a dispute between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (State) and County of Allegheny (County) over whether the County or the State was responsible under Pennsylvania state law, the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966, 50 P.S. s 4101-4704 (1969), for providing long-term care for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The action arose when the County petitioned the Court of Common Pleas for the involuntary commitment of Joseph Schmidt, an individual with an int…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Greenbelt Nursing

8:98-cv-03113 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1998

Closed Date: 1999

On September 14, 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (the False Claims Act) against Greenbelt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Center's parent corporations, Northern Health Facility and Extendicare Health Services, were also named defendants. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.The government alleged that the Center had failed to comply with the provisions required for facilities filing…
CHILD WELFARE
Anderson v. Houstoun

2:00-cv-04148 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2000

Closed Date: April 1, 2005

This class action involving adult care givers, either relatives of the children or close friends of the children's parents, caring for Pennsylvania children whose parents are unable to provide care was filed on August 16, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs were represented by the Juvenile Law Center and ACLU; they sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the state for failing to provide for the financial needs of these children, cla…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Julia M. v. Scott

2:07-cv-04036 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2008

This is a class action filed in the Western District of Missouri, in which the plaintiffs are seeking to prevent the state from disenrolling recipients in Missouri's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) who fail to meet their premium requirements without first notifying them of their right to appeal and to continue to receive program benefits pending the outcome of the appeal. The defendants are the Missouri Department of Social Services, and the interim directors of the state Fam…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Parents League for Effective Autism Servs. v. Jones-Kelley

2:08-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 2, 2008

Closed Date: 2011

On May 2, 2008, the Parents' League for Effective Autism Services (PLEAS), along with three autistic children with autism who received medically necessary services funded by Medicaid, filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, against the Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleged violations of plaintiffs' rights under fede…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Oster v. Wagner

4:09-cv-04668 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On October 1, 2009, several disabled individuals requiring in-home support services filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Social Services. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants' proposed budget cuts would threaten their ability to remain in the least restrictive settings appropriate, which would have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Me…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Independent Living Center v. Maxwell-Jolly

2:09-cv-00382 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2009

Closed Date: 2015

On January 16, 2009, a group of California pharmacies participating in the Medi-Cal fee-for-service program filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, against the California Department of Health Care Services. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for preliminary injunctive relief, attorneys' fees, and costs claiming that Assembly Bill 1183 ("AB 1183") was preempted by § 30(A) of the Medicaid Act (hereinafter referred to as "§ 30(A)")…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dominguez v. Schwarzenegger

4:09-cv-02306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On May 26, 2009, recipients of In-Home Service Support (IHSS) care filed a lawsuit under the Supremacy Clause against Arnold Schwarzenegger and other government officials in the Northern District Court of California. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that in enacting Section 12306. 1 (d)(6), the California Legislature failed to consider the required factors of efficiency, economy, quality of care, and access to servic…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Radaszewski v. Garner

1:01-cv-09551 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2001

Closed Date: 2008

On September 1, 2000, the mother of a physically and developmentally disabled individual filed a lawsuit under § 1983 against the Director of Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Plaintiff, represented by Prairie State Legal Services, alleged that a reduction in the level of private-duty nursing provided to her son at home would violate the federal Medicaid statute and deprive her son of due process of the law in violatio…