Roberson v. Wood

ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

Before the Court is a litigation in which nursing home patients seek to assert their rights under federal law- and regulations, the Constitution and state law. Plaintiffs Beatrice Roberson and Maggie Derringer were elderly residents of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) at Four Fountains Convalescent Center (Four Fountains), a division of Four Fountains, Inc. Sometime in August 1978, Jim Wood, the Administrator of Four Fountains decided to terminate the SNF there. He sent letters to the families of Roberson and Derringer explaining his intent to terminate the…