Judge Declares Suit By Nursing Home Residents With Cerebral Palsy A Class Action Case

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Posted on 4th February 2011 by gjohnson in Uncategorized

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A federal judge in Maine has granted class-action status to a lawsuit involving nursing home residents with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other ailments that want to live outside those facilities, according to the Associated Press.  

http://www.necn.com/02/03/11/Maine-federal-judge-lets-class-action-in/landing_politics.html?&blockID=3&apID=44b9b713d7c84c4cafdef101f51e7593

Earlier this week U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock gave the class-action designation to a suit lodged by three men with cerebral palsy who want to live on their own but still receive services from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

That lawsuit, filed in December 2009, claims that Maine was  in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Nursing Home Reform Act for not letting the three men reside outside nursing homes.

Judge Woodcock ruled that 40 nursing home residents with cerebral palsy and other conditions can join in the 2009 lawsuit. 

 

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