ADAMS v. COLORADO DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV.

No. 90CA0988.

824 P.2d 83 (1991)

Lula ADAMS, Avelino Alvarez, Isabelle Archuletta, Julian Baker, Donna Barger for Lori Barger, Emily Bell, David Bennett, Clara Bonger, Paul Boston, Jessie Boyd for Bonnie Boyd, Pinya Breyman, Jeanette Buttz, Constance Carey, Mary Cleveland, Annie Chilcote, Pearl Colegrove, Marjorie Collard, Carl Courts, Imogene Davis, Lois Davis, Charles DiDuglielmo, Gladys Ellis, Alfred Feeruz, Anna L. Fisher, Edna Fisher, Gilbert Gallegos, Annie Garcia, Roberta Garrett, Elizabeth Goff, Viola Goldsmith, Angela Griffie, Carol Gunderson, Silvina Guzman, Jeffrey Lee Ham, Mary Harrison, Kyo Ho, Marie Horchem, Luanne Hudson, Charles Hutto, Martha Lenhart for Carl Jabs, Macolee Jackson, May Jenberg, Edward T. Johnson, Zenobia Juniel, Rosetta Kellum, Mary E. Kirsch for Karen Ann Kirsch, Peter Lavender, Stephen S. Law, Marvin Lovette for Angela and Laura Lovette, Mary Lummie, Dominic Macaluso, Corina Maestas, Deena Mansfield, Sandra Manzanares for Jose Manzanares, Lilly Manzanares, Connie Martinez, Jennie Martinez, Mary Hermisillo for John Martinez, Shirley Maynard, Mitchell P. McAndrews, Colleen McCrum, Ruby McElroy, Leslie Mejia, Lillian Mendelsohn, Jerry Merseal, Ethel Millspaw, Marie Moreno, Linda Morris for Brenda Morris, Mary M. Nichols, Larry Nitsch, Dora Ortiz, Ralph Osborne, Vivian Pappas for Leah Pappas, Gordon Paulson, Tracy Peterson, Jimmie Phelps, Patricia Roem for Cathy Prescott, Jack Provenzano, Elizabeth Reckerd, Frances Reed, Dorothy Phillips Roach, Harold Rollins, Pauline Sanchez, Claire Sanwick, Lucille Schreiber, Mary Simon, Brian R. Stanley, Avelina Starr, Zalmon Stranzanski, Walter Taschner, Gertrude Tatum, William Troppmann, Lillie Tynes, Lou Etta Vaganka, Walter Weingarten, Mrs. Cecilia White for Julia C. White, Robert White, Helen Zink, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Colorado State Board of Social Services, The Division of Administrative Hearings, Department of Administration, Controller of the State of Colorado, Irene Ibarra, Director of the Colorado Department of Social Services, in her official capacity, and Robert Bauserman, Robbie L. Bean, Feliz S. Cordova, Suzanne E. Dosh, Sharon L. Hill, Marshall Kaplan, Mary Kyer, Robert J. Richardson, and John P. Stone, members of the Colorado State Board of Social Services, each individually and in his or her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 19, 1991.

Certiorari Denied January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver, Peter Komlos-Hrobsky, Mary Catherine Rabbitt, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gale Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Wade Livingston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees.


Opinion by Judge DUBOFSKY.

This class action is brought on behalf of individuals who were excluded, by virtue of a new regulation adopted by defendant Colorado Department of Social Services (Department), from receiving State Home Care Allowance (HCA) benefits. One hundred seventy-two individuals were certified by the trial court as constituting a class that was adversely affected by the implementation of this new regulation. Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's summary...

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