Martin v. Lavine

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division is modified, by reversing so much thereof as granted class action relief, and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs.

Petitioners are all patients confined to residential hospital facilities for the chronically ill and are recipients of Medicaid under section 363 et seq. of the New York Social Services Law; and they also receive Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the United States Social Security Act (US Code, tit 42, § 401 et seq.). While their *74income exceeds the level required for direct cash…