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Court grants class certification in suit against New York Department of Education on behalf of students with diabetes.
On June 18, 2019, United States District Judge Nina Gershon, of the Eastern District of New York, certified a class defined as:
All students with diabetes who are now or will be entitled to receive diabetes related care and attend New York City Department of Education schools.
The case, M.F., et al. v. The New York City Department of Education, et al., was brought by the parents of three New York City public school students with diabetes and the American Diabetes Association, suing as an organizational plaintiff on behalf of its members who who include children with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes who attend New York City Department of Education (DOE) schools and their parents. Continue reading “Court grants class certification in suit against New York Department of Education on behalf of students with diabetes.”