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Join us for the inside story of one of the largest health care fraud cases in American medical history.
Banning Lyon, a typical 15-year-old from Dallas, TX, enjoyed skateboarding, punk rock, and had a part-time job. In January 1987, his life was upended when he was forcibly placed in a psychiatric hospital for 11 months, confined to a chair facing the wall, isolated, and restricted from outside contact.
Lyon, it turned out, was a victim of a massive mental health care fraud scheme where school counselors received financial rewards for sending kids to psych units, allowing hospitals to collect insurance money. His memoir, The Chair and The Valley, is a raw, gut-wrenching story of healing from trauma and starting over.
Join us to hear about Banning's story.
The Library was designed by the firm of Bull, Stockwell, and Allen. The architectural style is that of the 19th century railroad yard in Tiburon.
The site is part of the landfill of the 1890s done to create the railroad yard. Windows frame views of the marsh lands and Old St. Hilary's Open Space preserve.
The expanded library was designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architecture and added approximately 9,000 square feet, bringing the total size of the library to about 19,500 square feet.
