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The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding the breach of contract and quantum meruit claims were not legally viable; and Murphy Homes failed to allege facts to generate a trial worthy issue of fact on the reliance element of its equitable estoppel claim. Thus, identifying discrepancies between the amount due as Seed payments from DHHS for medical services billed on a monthly basis, and the amount due as tuition set by DOE for educational costs on a yearly basis was not as "obvious" as the Court suggests. Even assuming, arguendo , that Murphy Homes realized at the earliest possible moment that Seed was not included in tuition, because DOE sets these rates on a yearly basis, Murphy Homes would have been foreclosed from meeting DHHS' 120–day payment review deadline for a large portion of its claims. Affording Murphy Homes all favorable inferences here, I believe that it has set forth sufficient evidence to raise a disputed issue of material fact as to the third element of its estoppel defense as well. In particular, Murphy Homes's dependence on those statements as a basis for its decision not to invoke the 120–day review process was insufficient as a matter of law to meet the "clear and satisfactory" evidence standard for generating a trial-worthy issue of fact on the reliance element of its equitable estoppel claim.
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Murphy Homes alleges that it is owed approximately $7.5 million for Seed payments not paid between 2001 and 2011. A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities. An occupational therapy assistant provides interventions under the supervision of an occupational therapist which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapy assistants address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.
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For actual rates, contact the business directly. A plaintiff may invoke the doctrine of equitable estoppel. There, we established that "f sufficient facts setting out the elements of estoppel can be proven, estoppel should be available to bar a defendant from raising in a civil action." Id. See, e.g., St. Louis v. Wilkinson Law Offices, P.C. [¶ 25] I respectfully dissent because I believe that John F. Murphy Homes has raised a disputed issue of material fact with regard to its equitable estoppel defense, and therefore I would vacate and remand for a trial on the merits.
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[¶ 7] Sometime in 2001, Murphy Homes's Chief Financial Officer received and reviewed Murphy Homes's first payment and remittance form for medical expenses from DHHS. The CFO noticed that Murphy Homes was being paid an amount less than the amount denoted as "allowed" on the form. The CFO called DHHS to inquire about the discrepancy, and was informed by a DHHS employee that the difference between the amount "allowed" and the lower amount actually paid was the Seed, or the State's portion of MaineCare funding. The DHHS employee indicated that the Seed was not to be paid by DHHS, but rather it was "in the tuition." Although the costs at issue were for medical services rather than educational services, the CFO believed what the DHHS employee told him. Care.com does not employ, recommend or endorse any care provider or care seeker nor is it responsible for the conduct of any care provider or care seeker.
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Relying on these statements, the plaintiffs refrained from taking action for over two years, and by the time they filed suit, the limitations period on their malpractice claim had run. Murphy Homes alleges in its complaint that it was led to believe for approximately a decade that Seed payments that were supposed to be made by DHHS were actually included in DOE tuition payments. In concluding that Murphy Homes's equitable estoppel claim fails, the Court here unnecessarily takes an "all or nothing" approach. The amount of time Murphy Homes "sat on its hands" before seeking legal redress is one factor among many that a fact-finder may consider in analyzing whether Murphy Homes's reliance was reasonable. Consequently, a trier of fact could find that Murphy Homes's reliance on the statements of State officials regarding these payment practices was reasonable for some period of time, but not for the entire ten years it alleges to have been misled. For instance, a fact-finder could determine that Murphy Homes's reliance was reasonable only during the first two years after the statements were made, a finding that would restrict Murphy Homes's recovery to only those damages it incurred during that timeframe.
[¶ 11] In reality, the State had not been paying the Medicaid Seed. At some point in 2011, the State, through DHHS, advised Murphy Homes that it would begin to pay "the full rate." The State's announcement regarding full payment prompted Murphy Homes's officials to investigate its history of reimbursement under the MaineCare program. This investigation led Murphy Homes's staff to conclude that there was "no way could have been part of the tuition." In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible.
[¶ 1] John F. Murphy Homes, Inc. , appeals from a judgment entered in the Business and Consumer Docket (Horton, J. ) granting summary judgment in favor of the State on John F. Murphy Homes's complaint seeking recovery on the grounds of breach of contract, quantum meruit, and equitable estoppel, among other equitable remedies. Because the breach of contract and quantum meruit claims are not legally viable, we focus our analysis on the equitable estoppel issue. [¶ 32] Murphy Homes is raising the doctrine of equitable estoppel to prevent the State from asserting as an affirmative defense Murphy Homes's failure to timely seek administrative review of, or take legal action regarding, the State's failure make Seed payments. The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language , cognition, and feeding and swallowing. [¶ 42] Therefore, when viewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences derived therefrom in the light most favorable to Murphy Homes, a rational trier of fact could conclude that its reliance on the words and conduct of the State officials was reasonable.
See also Runnells v. Quinn , 2006 ME 7, ¶ 10, 890 A.2d 713 (quantum meruit as "implied contract"); Danforth v. Ruotolo , 650 A.2d 1334, 1335 & n.2 (Me. 1994) (quantum meruit as "quasi contract"). Exceptions to sovereign immunity are strictly construed, with immunity the rule and any exceptions narrowly interpreted. See New Orleans Tanker Corp. v. Dep't of Transp. The trial court properly determined that the quantum meruit claim was barred by sovereign immunity. We strongly encourage you to verify the license, qualifications, and credentials of any care providers on your own. Care.com does not endorse or recommend any particular business.
Details and information displayed here were provided by this business and may not reflect its current status. We strongly encourage you to perform your own research when selecting a care provider. [¶ 31] In addition to disagreeing with the Court's standard of review as applied to the facts of the State's conduct, I also believe that Murphy Homes has presented sufficient facts to raise a dispute of material fact related to its claim of equitable estoppel. The Care.com Safety Center has many resources and tools to assist you in verifying and evaluating potential care providers.
The Pelletier Court limited the application of the "clear and satisfactory" standard to cases where an equitable estoppel claim is based on the governmental actor's silence. In Department of Human Services v. Bell , the case upon which the Pelletier Court relied, we similarly limited the application of this standard to only those cases where a party relies on the government's inaction. 1998 ME 123, ¶ 8, 711 A.2d 1292 ("Equitable estoppel based on a [party's] silence will only be applied when it is shown by clear and satisfactory proof that the was silent when he had a duty to speak." ). Although I concur with the Court's conclusion that Murphy Homes's quantum meruit claims are barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, see Court's opinion ¶ 16, I do not agree with its assertion that "bsent legislative authorization waiving sovereign immunity, an action to recover money from the State is barred by sovereign immunity." Id. [¶ 16] Absent legislative authorization waiving sovereign immunity, an action to recover money from the State is barred by sovereign immunity, see Drake v. Smith , 390 A.2d 541, 543 (Me. 1978).
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