Class Action
Apr. 26, 2024
Providing 'precarious housing' not a ground for denying veterans' class action
Plaintiffs are seeking certification in a proposed class action brought on behalf of thousands of homeless and disabled veterans accusing the U.S. government of neglecting its duty to provide adequate care.
Counsel for the National Veteran's Foundation argued its proposed class of thousands of Los Angeles-based homeless and disabled veterans seeking to sue the U.S. government was sufficiently defined and justified for the litigation.
The foundation, along with 13 individual veteran plaintiffs, filed the federal complaint in 2022 against the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. The claims allege that for the past 50 years the gov...