Legal Opinion
Margaret C. Wagner, by Her Next Friend George M. Wagner v. Fair Acres Geriatric Center. Margaret Wagner, by Her Next Friend, George M. Wagner
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 15, 1995No. 94-1275PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
The general issue we address is whether Fair Acres Geriatric Center, a county-operated intermediate care nursing facility, violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 794, when it denied admission to Margaret C. Wagner, a 65 year old woman afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. Although Fair Acres admits Alzheimer’s patients, it denied admission to Mrs! Wagner because it determined that its facility and staff could not accommodate the behavioral manifestations of her disease.
The jury was asked to decide whether, despite…
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