Knapton v. Kitchin

— Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Klein, J.), entered March 28, 1983 in Albany County, which granted a motion by defendant State Commissioner of the Department of Social Services to join Margaret Heckler in her capacity as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, as a party defendant. The action underlying this joinder motion charges the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services with having wrongfully terminated plaintiffs’ Federally reimbursed public assistance benefits. Plaintiff Brenda Knapton received $3,570.11 from a trust account, payable…