Appellee’s Brief: David Smith & Donald Lambrecht v. Governor Thomas W. Wolf

The case, David Smith and Donald Lambrecht v. Governor Thomas W. Wolf, was filed in April 2015 alongside another case raising similar issues. The petitioners are represented by The Fairness Center. The petitioners contended that the executive order “invades the relationship” between a home care worker and care recipient, and noted that Medicaid and state funded programs were intended, in part, to allow family members and family friends of elderly or disabled individuals to be paid as home care workers. In October 2016, the Commonwealth Court ruled for the plaintiffs and invalidated the executive order. The state then appealed to . . .