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Litigation

Sep. 12, 2013

San Francisco city attorney accuses Nevada hospital of patient dumping

Dennis Herrera has filed a proposed class action against a Nevada-run psychiatric hospital and the state of Nevada.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a proposed class action against a Nevada-run psychiatric hospital and the state of Nevada, claiming the Las Vegas facility illegally buses patients into California, an activity also known as "patient dumping." The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Francisco County Superior Court on behalf of California cities and counties, claims the Rawson-Neal Hospital in Las Vegas improperly disch...

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