O'burg Man Charged In Theft From Priest
Jessie Austin An Ogdensburg man will be arraigned Monday in St. Lawrence County Court after allegedly stealing more than $17,000 from a Catholic priest living at St. Joseph's Nursing Home. 34 year old...
View ArticleEtowah Co. man indicted for allegedly abusing nursing home resident
MONTGOMERY, AL (WBRC) - Attorney General Luther Strange's office says that a former Etowah County nursing home employee has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a resident. James Dean Justice, 44, of...
View ArticlePauper v Probate: Notice of Perjury and Referral for Prosecution and...
IN THE FIRST CIVIL COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION Pauper v. Probate Court(The Biggest Business in the World)...
View ArticleTerry Nolan, prominent Muskegon attorney, sentenced for cocaine use
MUSKEGON, MI – Terry Joel Nolan, one of Muskegon’s highest-profile attorneys, pleaded guilty as charged Tuesday to using cocaine. There was no plea or sentencing agreement with the Muskegon County...
View Article“To Kill A Mockingbird” Author a Victim of Elder Abuse
In her 1960 courtroom drama “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee created one of American literature’s most beloved figures – the courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch. Told from the perspective of...
View ArticleLawyer barred from practicing for mental health issues
Minneapolis lawyer Jill Eleanor Clark has been forbidden from practicing law for being "unable to competently represent clients because of mental health issues." Clark, 56, of Golden Valley has been...
View ArticleLife and Death in Assisted Living: "The Emerald City"
Joan Boice needed help. Lots of it. Her physician had tallied the damage: Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, pain from a compression fracture of the spine. For Joan, an 81-year-old...
View ArticleDisability Spending Drops For First Time In Years
For the first time in decades, a new report finds that total government spending on individuals with developmental disabilities has declined. When adjusted for inflation, government funding fell 0.2...
View ArticleFeds Sue Over Kids In Nursing Homes
Federal officials are suing alleging that hundreds of children with disabilities are being unnecessarily segregated in nursing homes in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The U.S....
View ArticleCriminal probe requested in conservatorship case
John E. Clemmons Citing “incomplete accountings and other misrepresentations,” a court-appointed conservator is recommending that the district attorney general and the TBI open criminal investigations...
View ArticleLife and Death in Assisted Living: They're Not Treating Mom Well
When the ambulance crew arrived, about 8:20 p.m., Joan Boice was in the TV lounge, face-down on the carpet. Her head had struck the floor with some velocity; bruises were forming on her forehead and...
View ArticleWoman wounded by Pacific Palisades man was caregiver, neighbors say
A Pacific Palisades man shot and wounded his caretaker before fatally turning the gun on himself early Tuesday, neighbors told a local television station. Police confirmed that the man had shot the...
View ArticleMan's Death After Confrontation With Police Ruled a Homicide
The Victory Centre of Park Forest Saturday's death of a 95-year-old nursing home resident who was shocked by a Taser and struck with bean bag rounds during a confrontation with police has been ruled a...
View Article"I Made a Small Change"
Tara Wilson Attorney Tara Wilson of Andover, MA, had many of her own estate planning documents in order. But after her grandmother fell ill at 84 and her relatives disagreed on her care, the court...
View ArticleLife and Death in Assisted Living: "A Sinking Ship"
On Sept. 30, 2008, an employee at the Emerald Hills assisted living facility in Auburn, Calif., made an entry in a company computer log: “pressure ulcer/wound.” Joan, who had spent just 19 days in the...
View ArticleNevada conduct hearing delayed for Las Vegas judge
A disciplinary hearing is being postponed until at least mid-September for a Nevada judge accused of breaching ethics by presiding over cases involving a prosecutor with whom he had a romantic...
View ArticleContra Costa judge slapped for action in son's case
A veteran Contra Costa County judge disciplined twice by a state legal watchdog agency has been publicly admonished for meddling in a case in which his son failed to comply with a court order that he...
View ArticleCourt: Guardians can order end of life support
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota appeals court has ruled legal guardians can order the end of life support for their wards. The ruling overturns a Hennepin County District Court finding that end-of-life...
View ArticleLife and Death in Assisted Living: "Close the Back Door"
On Sept. 30, 2008, an employee at the Emerald Hills assisted living facility in Auburn, Calif., made an entry in a company computer log: “pressure ulcer/wound.” Joan, who had spent just 19 days in the...
View ArticleJudge Jones tries to stop discipline hearing over alleged mishandled...
Longtime Family Court Judge Steven Jones, third from left, declines to talk to the news media outside the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas after pleading not guilty to a slew of felony...
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