Prunckun v. Delaware Dept. of Health & Social Services Oldham v. Delaware Dept. of Health & Social Services

VALIHURA, Justice:

I. Overview

Ashlee Oldham ("Ashlee") and Robert Prunckun ("Robert") (collectively, "Recipients") are the only two Delaware Medicaid recipients housed at Judge Rotenberg Center ("JRC"), a facility in Massachusetts and the only facility in the United States known to use a skin-shocking device, namely a graduated electronic decelerator ("GED"), on its residents. 1 GED delivers an electric current to an individual's skin, producing a voltage of 66v through the skin. Side effects, aside from the shock, include reddening of the skin, potentially lasting for days, blisters, and…