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Cases

The Cases section covers ongoing advocacy challenges that PAI's attorneys and advocates face, how they deal with those challenges, and the results of their work.

Judge Halts Home Care Cuts: Says approach would likely violate federal law and cause “incredible human suffering” to seniors and people with disabilities who need these services in the V.L. v. Wagner lawsuit - Home page, 10/19/09

Social Security to repay those wrongly denied benefits in the Martinez v. Astrue case - Home page, 8/19/09

Judge orders halt to Adult Day Health Care cuts in the Cota et. al. (Brantley) v. Maxwell-Jolly lawsuit Home page, 9/10/09

On April 24, Judge Robert Freedman granted final approval of the settlement agreement in Capitol People First et al. v. DDS et al., 4/27/09

Settlements of civil rights lawsuits against institutionalization, Exerpted from our 2008 Annual Report

Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with San Francisco: New Housing and Community Services Created for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities, 9/18/08

Heroic effort keeps Katie A. wraparound services on track, 11/23/06

Zelaya v. DHS - Lawsuit to force timely Medi-Cal decisions about disability eligibility, 10/11/06

Update on Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) and Special Master’s reports in the Emily Q. lawsuit, 1/25/06

Rancho Los Amigos (Rodde v. Bonta) case settles, 10/3/05

California Department of Mental Health conducts "focused reviews" of mental health services to Emily Q. class members in five counties, 9/28/05

Summary of settlement - Davis v. California Health & Human Services, Laguna Honda Hospital, 11/22/04