Motions Delayed in Sheppard Pratt Suit
A Ruxton resident appeared in his first hearing against a Sheppard Pratt group home.
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Motions in a neighbor's case against a Sheppard Pratt group home have been delayed by a technicality.
In March, Ruxton resident Thomas Costello filed the suit against Sheppard Pratt Health System, subsidiary Mosaic Community Services and the state Department of Health and Mental Hygeine.
Costello alleges that the planned $650-per-day group home on 1506 LaBelle Ave. is a for-profit "hotel" for higher-income Sheppard Pratt patients, and is in violation of state law.
But because Ruxton resident Thomas Costello did not include his wife in the case, Judge John B. Fader II said he had no jurisdiction to hear the case during a civil motions hearing Wednesday morning.
Fader's position stems from hundreds of years of jurisprudence on joint property ownership. Maryland, unlike most states, considers property interest jointly held.
"The case law is replete with the fact that it is a joint property interest," Fader said.
Unless Costello could claim in his complaint a personal injury or some other damages, Fader said he is prohibited from hearing the case.
"I know you feel strongly about this, but that's not going to change this law," Fader said.
He said he didn't have an opinion on the substance of the complaint yet.
Fader gave Costello 30 days to amend his complaint to add his wife, and scheduled another hearing for Dec. 11.
Baltimore Matt
11:34 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
It's funny, I have a halfway house accross the street and a methodone clinic near my home which has a negitative impact on my property value and there is nothing that me or by community can do about that but a bunch of rich snobs in Ruxton can block a group home for the mentally disabled? I hope Sheppard Pratt wins and opens several of these homes...maybe they can open a methodone clinic for rich suburban addicts as well...
barb
2:51 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
Quit griping! Seriously get off your high ass horses and look up who lives in your zipcode.Do some criminal tracking for your zipcode and you'll feel much better living near the mentally ill. People are so ignorant before u say something you think why don't you get facts first? THERE IS SOMEONE WITH A GIGANTIC HEART AND I THANK YOU BECAUSE MY SONS GONNA HAVE A CHANCE AT A PEACEFUL LIFE HE NEVER HAD THROUGH THE GROUP HOME. Please , some kind person will fund my childs stay not me but someone who cares so don't be mad cause you think the program is just for non insured rich folk because I'm poor and get poor in spirit when I hear people against it. Please if you lived our agonies u may very well think differently.God bless the kindhearted.
barb
2:55 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
It is a bit pricey per day but I guess that includes therapies , outings, struggles, food, toiletries, taxes , lawncare, maintenance, meds etc....