Gallardo v. Marstiller

Gallardo v. Marstiller, 596 U.S. 420 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case that held the Medicaid Act permits a state to seek reimbursement from settlement payments allocated for future medical care. The case was brought by the parents of Gianinna Gallardo, who was in a persistent vegetative state.^[1][2]

Full case nameGianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

Docket no.20-1263

Citations596 U.S. 420 (more)

ArgumentOral argument

Quick facts Argued January 10, 2022 Decided June 6, 2022, Full case name ...

Gallardo v. Marstiller
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 10, 2022 Decided June 6, 2022
Full case name	Gianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Docket no.	20-1263
Citations	596 U.S. 420 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
The Medicaid Act permits a state to seek reimbursement from settlement payments allocated for future medical care.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Breyer
Laws applied
Medicaid Act

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