SHIELDS v. KATZ


143 A.D.2d 743 (1988)

Stephen Shields et al., Appellants, v. Steven E. Katz, as Director of The New York State Office of Mental Health, et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 11, 1988


Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, and the defendants' motion is denied.

The plaintiffs and the class they seek to represent were at various times patients at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center (hereinafter Pilgrim State), a facility operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health. Pilgrim State sought and obtained appointment as representative payee to receive the plaintiffs' Social Security benefits after certifying the plaintiffs as incapable...

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