FOUNDATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED v. DSHS

No. 47658-6.

97 Wn.2d 691 (1982)

648 P.2d 884

FOUNDATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L.E. Dussault and Sweet, Dussault, Neff & Gibbs, P.S., for appellants.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Robert M. McDonald, Assistant, for respondents.


DIMMICK, J.

This is a class action, brought on behalf of all persons currently residing in one of the State's five residential schools for the mentally and/or physically handicapped and all persons having resided in the schools for a period of time since 1967, seeking to have the statute providing for collection of monies for their care declared unconstitutional and for restitution by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) of approximately $83 million...

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