Case Name: BROWNING FUNERAL HOME, INC. VS. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1996-12-02
Citations: 21 Ct. Cl. 132
Docket Number: CC-96-493
Parties: BROWNING FUNERAL HOME, INC. VS. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 21
Pages: 132–132

Head Matter:
OPINION ISSUED DECEMBER 2, 1996
BROWNING FUNERAL HOME, INC. VS. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
(CC-96-493)
No appearance by claimant.
Jeffrey G. Blaydes, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This claim was submitted for a decision based upon the allegation sin the Notice of Claim and the respondent's Answer.
The claimant seeks payment of $400.00 for burial services provided to an individual who died on March 9,1996. The respondent administers a burial services program which pays a portion of the funeral expenses for qualified individuals. The invoice for the services was not processed for payment in the proper fiscal year; therefore, the claimant has not bee paid. In its Answer, the respondent admits the validity and amount of this claim, and states that there were sufficient funds expired in the appropriate fiscal year with which the invoice could have been paid.
In view of the foregoing, the Court makes an award in the amount of $400.00.
Award of $400.00.