Exhibit to Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Public Court Documents
August 16, 1977
7 pages
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Case Files, Hatcher v. Methodist Hospital - Hardbacks. Exhibit to Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss, 1977. 7f5f1d49-5584-f111-ab0f-7ced8d2181dd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/110a5cbe-476e-4230-8cbd-665fcd688286/exhibit-to-memorandum-of-points-and-authorities-in-opposition-to-motion-to-dismiss. Accessed October 10, 2026.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
HAMMOND DIVISION
BERNICE TERRY, et al.
Plaintiffs,
Vv. Lr : No. H 76-373
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, ING., £8
Defendants.
RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
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METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, et al., !
Defendants.
EXHIBIT TO MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS OF DEFENDANTS METHODIST
HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC. AND DENIS E. RIBORDY
Respectfully submitted,
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Date: August 16, 1977 JACK GREENBERG
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MARILYN G. ROSE
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that will clarify, who are the curreni people working unde
your supervision in 504, ildantitying which of those people work ey
completely in develoning the ragulation, which of those work.
conpletaly in investigating commlaints. And if
who is half end half ox 25/75, identify then al
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sheets for each subsection in the agulation, suiting forth tho
comments and the name of the 0x rganination =m not nll of thom
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Gwen Atkins, Howard Bennett, working of the final regulaiion,
Now, that will not go on too much longer hecauss we hope to have
the final regulation out in January. a
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Howell did have regponsibility fox subparts and, therefora, ave
involved in the final regulation to an extent. I can't give
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Q is that your total staff in the 504 progam?
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Q vou have not filled 23 person vears in I[anl? You Gon
have 29 persons? IT assume a perscn year ig a parson.
ey ar pg way vag. 0 alan ind TY fw « 5 . ot, JOTI, on i oy, HE oe Yh
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Q During the months of August and Septomben Of 1275,
ware all the persons On your eLaff working on the regulation?
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Q puring August and September of 1976. And if dni
different for each menth, August from Saptember, please aiate
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A T's hard “oo break avery staff member's tie doi an
segments, 50 let me jasht kind of give you a little genaral anewnx
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out by January, which 1a an incredibles time frame, cian the
number of comments and so forth and the fac
41 | the experts such as yourself giving ug inpul, naling chengsa,
based on that expertise. But there are other shlLigationz ao
ell, and those include complaints. And Sally Foley, Maw
Honemond and Gwen Atkins have spent a good deal of thaoir Line
during those months on complaints as well as on tho remliaklon,
Now, in August Ann Beckmann, myself, and to an cxbani
Howard Bennett and Bud Reith were involved in the town moeshings
Xz and that, of ccursge, was almost full time during at leant part
of August and ~~ I'm bad on date 1g; I'm just not sure whathar
we did those ~-~ whether we started in July or noi. I'm not
sure. There is a pericd of time, possibly going into the first
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part of September, when that was almost full time, where yon
kind of hop from city £0 city.
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testify, not myself.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Exhibit
to Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to
Motion to Dismiss of Defendants Methodist Hospital of Gary,
Inc. and Denis E. Ribordy, was served by United States mail,
- postage prepaid, on the Jgth day of August, 1977, on counsel
for defendants as follows:
Rebecca L. Ross, Esq.
‘Department of Justice
- 10th and Pennsylvania
washington, D. C.
Marvin G. Garvin, Esqg., and Edward L. Koven, Esq.
Regional Attorney and General Attorney
Department of Health, Education and welfare
300 South Wacker Drive, 18th Floor
Chicago, Illinois
Fred W. Grady, Esd.
Assistant United States Attorney
North=2rn District of Indiana
Federal Building, 502 State Street
Hammond, Indiana 46325
Attorneys for Defendant Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare
Hodges, Davis, Gruenberg, Compton & Sayers
Bruce E. Sayers, Esq.
5525 Broadway
Gary, Indiana
Attorneys for Defendant Methodist Hospital
of Gary, Inc. |
Theodore L. Sendak, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General of Indiana
219 State House
Indianapolis, Indiana
Attorneys for State Defendants
Anthony DeBonis, Jr., Esq.
Joseph E. Costanza, Esq.
Murphy, McAtee, Murphy & Costanza
First National Bank Building
720 W. Chicago Avenue
East Chicago, Indiana 46312
Attorneys for Defendant Kipton Kaplan
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