Randone v. The State of New York

October 19, 2010 In October 2010, a New York State judge ruled that the state’s Medicaid lien policy does permit it to garnish injury settlements awarded to people treated at a state psychiatric facility as payment for services—even when negligence or abuse by the facility staff led to the person’s injury. In Randone v. The State of New York, an earlier ruling in January 2010 found that the state was fully responsible for the plaintiff’s broken hip and leg which happened in 2005 after the plaintiff had been involuntarily committed to Hudson River Psychiatric Center. Download . . .