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Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co. v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 6, 1991No. 2 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1990PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, J. McDERMOTT, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Commonwealth Court which affirmed an order entered by a Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare (Department) administrative hearing officer which denied appellants’ application for medical assistance/nursing home benefits.

The subject of this appeal, Joan Frymire, is currently a resident of a nursing home, and a beneficiary under a trust created by will executed by her now deceased son, Robert H. Thorne. The trust provided in relevant part:

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Walters' CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Lang v. Com., Dept. of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Stoudt v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  4. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Snyder v. Dept. of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Estate of Rosenberg v. Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Shaak v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. DeBone v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Estate of Taylor v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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