Legal Opinion
Karpinski v. Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 22, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge PELLEGRINI.
Edward Karpinski (Petitioner) appeals pro se from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) denying him cash benefits under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) because his gross income exceeded the annual income limit for the 2009-2010 LIHEAP program year and finding that Petitioner was not prejudiced by LIHEAP’s failure to timely decide whether Petitioner was eligible for the program because he ultimately lost on the merits of his appeal.
Petitioner alleges the following facts, the truth of which the DPW has not contested unless noted.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lyng v. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Shirley Burroughs v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
3Cited by5 opinions
- D.E. Lyons v. DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- F.E. Mason v. DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- G. Johnson v. PA DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- H. Vesely through Trinity Living Center, L.P. v. DPWCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- M. Sloan v. DHSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018