Legal Opinion
Kosjer v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 30, 1983No. Appeal, No. 1322 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
Nicholas Kosjer has appealed from an order of the Hearing and Appeals Unit of the Department of Public *615Welfare (DPW) upholding a decision of the Emergency and Special Programs Unit of DPW denying him a grant for the loss of personal property belonging to his deceased mother, Mildred Kosich, allegedly damaged or destroyed by a flood in 1977. The grant sought was authorized by Section 1 of the Act of April 28, 1978, P.L. 122, 71 P.S. §1689.201.
Mildred Kosich lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania when the city was flooded on July 20, 1977. She died on May 8, 1978. By the Act of…
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