Son fights mom's $93K nursing home bill HARRISBURG, Pa., May 23 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania court has ruled a restaurant owner can be held personally liable for his mother's nursing home expenses. The state, and 28 others, have "filial support" laws that allow adult children to be held responsible for parents' expenses, ABC News reports. John Pittas' mother spent six months in the Liberty Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Allentown in 2007, racking up a bill of nearly $93,000. The Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America, which owns the nursing home, sued Pittas in 2008 and has now won at the trial court level and in a Superior Court ruling earlier this month. Pittas' parents have since returned to Greece, and he is the only member of the family still in the United States. He asked the Superior Court this week to rehear the case. Katherine Pearson, a law professor at Penn State who directs the Elder Protection Clinic, said the case is unusual because the court did not find Pittas at fault in his treatment of his mother.