FALTER v. VETERANS ADMIN.

Civ. No. 79-2284 (JWB).

632 F.Supp. 196 (1986)

George FALTER, Robert Mahler, William Hilbert, Joseph Scaffuto, John Sousa, and Eugene Madgett, suing Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated Plaintiffs, v. The VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the Government of the United States; Max Cleland, Administrator, Veterans Administration, John Chase, M.D., Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration; Ernest Shacklett, M.D., Director, Veterans Administration, Medical District Number 10-CA-4; Carl M. Mikail, Director, Veterans Administration Medical Center at Lyons, New Jersey; Howard D. Cohn, M.D., Chief of Staff of the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Lyons, New Jersey; J.B. Dodman, R.N., Director of Nursing Home Care Unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Lyons, New Jersey and the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey, Civil Division.

January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Culleton, Deputy Public Advocate, Trenton, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Anne C. Singer, Paul A. Blaine, Asst. U.S. Attys., Newark, N.J., for defendants.


OPINION

BISSELL, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by George Falter, Robert Mahler, William Hilbert, Joseph Scaffuto, John Sousa and Eugene Madgett on behalf of all patients at Lyons Veterans Administration Medical Center (Lyons) to redress certain alleged grievances. The defendants are The Veterans Administration (V.A.); Max Cleland, Administrator, Veterans Administration; John Chase, M.D., Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery of the...

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