Case Name: In the Matter of Archie Walker, as Guardian ad Litem for Margaret Walker, Petitioner, v. Carmen Shang, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-03-19
Citations: 68 A.D.2d 937
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Archie Walker, as Guardian ad Litem for Margaret Walker, Petitioner, v Carmen Shang, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 937–937

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Archie Walker, as Guardian ad Litem for Margaret Walker, Petitioner, v Carmen Shang, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to review a determination of the respondent Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, dated September 22, 1977 and made after a statutory fair hearing, which affirmed a determination of the local agency denying Margaret Walker's application for medical assistance. Petition granted to the extent that the determination is annulled, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and respondents are directed to provide medical assistance to Margaret Walker from the date of her application. Proceeding otherwise dismissed. The determination was not supported by substantial evidence. Suozzi, J. P., O'Connor, Lazer and Gulotta, JJ., concur.