Department of Public Welfare v. Presbyterian Medical Center

877 A.2d 419 (2005)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee,

v.

PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF OAKMONT and Presbyterian Medical Center of Oakmont, Pennsylvania, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 20, 2004.

Decided June 22, 2005.

Louis J. Capozzi, Esq., Harrisburg, for Presbyterian Medical Center of Oakmont, et al.

Kimber Lynn Latsha, Esq., Mechanicsburg, for Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging.

Jason W. Manne, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Department of Public Welfare.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice…