SUTTON v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 599 C.D. 1981.

66 Pa.Commw. 460 (1982)

Sylvester Sutton, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Schuster, for petitioner.

Gary Goldman, Assistant Counsel, for respondent.

Argued March 3, 1982, before Judges ROGERS, CRAIG and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, May 12, 1982:

The appellant, Sylvester Sutton, is an 80-year-old resident at Centennial Springs Health Care Center, a skilled care nursing home located at Warminster, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to Centennial in August, 1979. In June or July of 1980, he was hospitalized for surgery and the placement of a pacemaker and afterwards readmitted to Centennial in July, 1980. His care at Centennial is paid by his Social Security allotment and by...

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