CORUM v. BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 72 Civ. 2654.

373 F.Supp. 558 (1974)

Jeannette CORUM et al., Plaintiffs, v. BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

On Motion to Amend March 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise Lander, Carolyn M. Heft, MFY Legal Services, Inc., Robert P. Borsody, Community Health Law Project, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Lipkowitz, Plaut, Salberg & Harris, New York City, for defendants Beth Israel Medical Center, Ray E. Trussell, M.D., Jefferson J. Vorzimer, M.D.; Irving D. Lipkowitz, K. Wendy Slote, New York City, of counsel.

Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty. S. D. N. Y., New York City, for Caspar W. Weinberger as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the Federal Hospital Council; Naomi L. Reice, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

A brief description of the prior proceedings in this case provides a necessary background to the present motions. The action was brought under the Hill-Burton Act, 42 U.S.C. § 291 et seq., to compel Beth Israel Medical Center ("BIMC") to provide "a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay," id. at § 291c(e)(2). The Court granted plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint to attack the validity of the regulation...

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