Conrad v. Perales

DECISION AND ORDER

CURTIN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

On December 20, 1991, plaintiffs Conrad, Lisman, and Belote, as representatives of a purported class (“plaintiffs”), commenced this action against Cesar Pe-rales (“the Commissioner”), both individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services (“NYS DSS”). Plaintiffs allege that in 1989, the Commissioner wrongfully converted plaintiffs’ Medicaid “client shares” (“NAMIs”) 1 and/or their Medicare benefits. 2

On July 29, 1993, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion to certify the class, which…