Fuchs v. Norton

In this action the defendant commissioner has appealed from the decision of the trial court sustaining the appeal of the plaintiff from the decision of the defendant denying the application of the plaintiff for medical assistance benefits under title XIX of the Social Security Act. 79 Stat. 343, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396-1396i (Sup. III, 1973).

The record in this case discloses that on August 28, 1972, the plaintiff made application for medical assistance benefits and that the application was denied by the defendant on November 2, 1972, because of the failure of the plaintiff to receive…