Morgan v. White

This appeal by the defendant, the commissioner of welfare, hereinafter commissioner, from a judgment rendered by the Appellate Division of the Court of Common Pleas had its origin in the denial by the commissioner’s hearing officer of the plaintiff’s application for state medical assistance. The plaintiff, Walter Morgan, applied for medical assistance under what is commonly referred to as the “Medicaid” program administered by the state welfare department under §§ 17-134a—17-134l of the General Statutes. His eligibility to participate in tbe program having been denied by a caseworker, and…