Stern V. Lucy Hayes Case Study

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The case of Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1984) was a class action lawsuit in which M. Stern and the patients of Sibley Memorial Hospital sued the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries, five financial institutions, and five members of Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees. Plaintiffs alleged the defendants conspired to monetarily benefit from the financial management of the hospital through use of the financial institutions to which they were affiliated. Plaintiffs also alleged breach of fiduciary duty by trustees.
During this case the plaintiffs attempted to establish the conspiracy they had alleged by presenting specific incidences to which questionable financial activity occurred. Yet, the evidence

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