Aggressive Behavior Provoked by Invasion of Patient's Room Isn't Grounds for Discharge

Transfer Order Overturned that Would have Sent Patient to Facility with Unknown Ability to Accommodate Her

Belief that Alternate Facility Would Better Meet Patient's Needs is not Sufficient Grounds to Discharge

Discharge is Upheld as Patient is Found to be a Danger to Persons in the Facility

Discharge Overturned for Lack of Evidence that Patient's Needs Weren't Being Met and for Improperly Taking Account of a Relative's Behavior

Facility Found to have Botched Physician Testimony Necessary for Patient Discharge

Discharge Following Expiration of Patient's Health Benefits is Overturned

Discharge Order Allowed to Stand After Post-Transfer Arrangements are Clarified

Discharge Ordered not to be Implemented as it Made No Provision as to Patient's Next Location

Discharge for Non-Payment Found Inappropriate Because the Amount Owed had not been Clarified or Pursued

State Department does not have Authority to Prevent Hospital from Discharging Patient

Non-Compliance with Facility's Policy and Procedure Isn't a Ground for Discharge

Short-Term Care Facility is Still Bound by Federal Discharge Rules, Including the Duty to Plan for Patient's Post-Discharge Care

Facility Didn't Meet its Notice Obligations Before Discharging Resident with Difficulties Paying

Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of SSI Disability Benefits on Grounds of Self-Limitation

Concerns about Resident's Combative Behavior Found not to Amount to a Legitimate Reason for Discharge

Seventh Circuit Finds Illiteracy does not Create a Presumed Inability to Find Employment and Entitlement to SSI Disability Benefits

Notice to Patient of Discharge "for his Welfare" was Insufficiently Detailed and Lacked Supporting Evidence

Second Circuit Reverses Award of Attorneys Fees for Prevailing Party Based on the Catalyst Theory

Facility Providing Care Beyond the Level of a Nursing Home Can More Readily Discharge a Patient

Facility Failed to Prove that Sexually Aggressive Resident Needed to be Discharged

Facility's Neglect Partly Reponsible for Resident's Aggressive Behavior Which Therefore Isn't Grounds for Discharge

Fifth Circuit Holds Company Meets COBRA Notification Requirement by Sending Certified Mail Letter, even if Aware it was not Received

Transfer Prohibited Because Patient's Poor Health Meant There was a Risk of Mortality

Facility's Difficulty in Managing Resident did not Justify Discharge, Especially Since Diagnosis was Improving

Facility Seeking Discharge for Non-Payment Failed to Give Patient Sufficient Notice to Pay

Notice of Discharge Issued and Effective on the Same Day is Flawed, Furthermore Facility Was Able to Continue Caring for Patient

Facility Cannot Contend that Discharge is Necessary Due to Staff's Difficulties Meeting Patient's Emotional Needs

Inappropriate Sexual Behavior of Patient with Brain Injury was Forseeable and Preventable and Not a Ground for Discharge

Visits by Relative Leading to Disruption at Facility Aren't Grounds for Discharging Patient

Eighth Circuit Finds Service of Process Threatening Delivery by a Constable and Lacking Complete Detail was not Abusive Debt Collection

Facility's Discharge Notice Found to be Inadequate and Possibly Retaliatory

Sufficient Evidence Wasn't Presented to Show Patient's Yelling Episodes Justified Discharge

TANF Applicants and Recipients Claim That Oregon Agency Fails to Modify Their Work Plans to Accommodate Their Disabilities

Public Interest Law Firm Challenges Massachusetts IOLTA Program

U.S. Supreme Court Allows State Acting as Representative Payee for Dependent Children to Use Children’s Disability Benefits to Reimburse Itself for Foster Care Costs

Supreme Court Affirms Use of “Income-First” Methodology for Determining Community Spouse’s Resource Allowance When Calculating Institutionalized Spouse’s Medicaid Eligibility

Employment Discrimination Plaintiff Need Not Plead Facts to Make Out a Prima Facie Case to Survive Motion to Dismiss

Prison Litigation Reform Act’s Exhaustion Requirement Applies to All Inmate Suits Challenging Prison Conditions

Tenant Claims Public Housing Commission Attempted to Evict Her Because She Was a Victim of Domestic Violence

Seventh Circuit Holds State may Deduct Institutional Costs from Payments of Mentally Impaired Social Security Recipients Without Their Consent

Second Circuit Holds City May be Guilty of Disparate Treatment and Retaliation in Denying Permit to Build Halfway House

Third Circuit Finds Bank Asserting "No Annual Fee" Violated Truth In Lending Act

Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Court has Jurisdiction over a Native American Juvenile Delinquent Already Punished Under Tribal Law