JONES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 08-CV-1058, 08-CV-1662.

996 A.2d 834 (2010)

Sharon P. JONES, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril V. Smith, Baltimore, MD, with whom Ron M. Landsman, Rockville, MD, Giannina Lynn, William K. Meyer, Baltimore, MD, and Rene H. Reixach, Rochester, NY, were on the brief, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Mary L. Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before RUIZ and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


OBERLY, Associate Judge:

Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396, et seq., commonly known as the Medicaid Act, requires the District of Columbia to recover certain funds from deceased beneficiaries' estates, but limits the circumstances under which the funds may be recovered. Plaintiffs in this case filed a class action suit alleging that the District ran afoul of the Act's limitations. The Superior Court denied plaintiffs' motion for class...

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