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... - Federal Court Ruling Protects Assets Of Elderly Nursing Home Resident For His Spouse. Plaintiff, Theodore E. Weatherbee ("Weatherbee"), a Pennsylvania resident, was admitted to a nursing facility in Pennsylvania and requested a resource assessment from ... jurisdiction over the case because one of the issues presented was whether the DPW misinterpreted federal law with respect to Weatherbee's right to Medicaid benefits. Thereafter, the Court tackled the merits of the case, holding that the income ...