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Melmark v. Schutt, PICS Case No. 17-1373 (Pa. Super. Aug. 21, 2017) Stevens, P. J. (37 pages).

Trial court properly held that elderly parents had no legal obligation to pay for their severely autistic adult son's care in appellant's Pennsylvania facility after New Jersey department of disabilities ceased paying because the services were not rendered to parents personally, they never contracted to pay for the services, New Jersey had the most significant contacts in the controversy and the New Jersey filial support law applied, and parents experienced no personal enrichment so appellant's quantum meruit claim failed. Affirmed.
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National Law Journal

Why Did a Federal Judge Sentence a Terminally Ill Mother to 75 Years for Health Care Fraud?

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