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Former Nursing Home Employee Accused of Stealing over $10,000
KSWO, Lawton, OK- Wichita Falls, TX: News, Weather, Sports. ABC, 24/7, Telemundo - A former nursing home employee is facing charges of elderly exploitation. Over a span of six months, police said...
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Discipline Hearing Against Judge to Proceed
LAS VEGAS -- District Judge Kathleen Delaney denied Tuesday an effort by Judge Steven Jones to stop a disciplinary hearing against him, the I-Team has learned. Jones was attempting to prevent a hearing...
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SURVIVOR MADE WARD, AS AL KATZ
COMMUNITY ALERT Last month, July 2013, one of our precious Survivors heard a knock on her door and was surprised to find a stranger who wanted to ask her many questions. She had thought that he was an...
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Financial Elder Abuse Stealing by Any Other Name
Sacramento, CA:The state of California has one of the toughest and broadest laws protecting against Financial Elder Abuse in the US. So broad, in fact, that under financial elder abuse law if a...
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C.A. Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against State Bar, but Throws Out Fee Award on...
The Court of Appeal for this district yesterday threw out an order requiring a local attorney who sued the State Bar to pay attorney fees. The suit by Patricia Barry was properly dismissed, Justice...
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Disabled Plaintiffs, State Reach Deal on Living Conditions
Thousands of Texans with disabilities housed in nursing homes without access to rehabilitative care could see improved living conditions under an interim agreement reached with the state on Monday.The...
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'...That Basic Principle of Justice' Applies to Guardianship Abuse?
It is an elementary principle of jurisprudence in all civilized countries that before property or liberty may be taken from an individual he shall have an opportunity to be heard on charges brought...
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Employees at Totowa mental health facility admit stealing patient information...
A nurse and a co-worker at a state-run mental health facility in Totowa are facing up to 10 years in prison after admitting that they stole patient information that was used to file phony tax returns...
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Linda Kincaid Announces Governor Brown Has Signed AB937 into Law to the San...
NASGA's California Advocacy Liaison Linda Kincaid's Mother, Carol Hahn, passed Saturday, August 17, 2013. Two days after Carol Hahn's death, Governor Brown signed AB937 - legislation created to...
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The History of Nursing Homes
In the twenty-first century, nursing homes have become a standard form of care for the most aged and incapacitated persons. Nearly 6 percent of older adults are sheltered in residential facilities that...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor's daughter questions conservator's use of money
LOS ANGELES— In newly filed court papers, an attorney for Zsa Zsa Gabor’s daughter questions how money from the 96-year-old actress’ estate is being spent by her husband, who also serves as her...
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Ohio hospital wants to force Amish girl’s cancer treatment after parents stop...
An Ohio hospital is fighting to force a 10-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments. Akron Children’s Hospital is appealing a judge’s...
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DHHS often sells property owned by people in its care for well below assessed...
This waterfront property in Owls Head, that was valued by the town at nearly $500,000, was sold by the state for $205,000 while its owner was in a psychiatric hospital. The Maine Department of Health...
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State Bar: Bill Belk violated conduct rules
RALEIGH The N.C. State Bar concluded Friday that former Mecklenburg District Judge Bill Belk violated rules of professional conduct while on the bench. Belk was accused of lying during a 2009...
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Police Investigate Probate Lawyer Over Disabled Man's Missing Funds
Police are investigating a probate court-appointed lawyer who allegedly tried to cover up his improper handling of a disabled man's finances by filing false accounting statements — as the man's assets...
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Bergenfield senior found, but a troubling trend grows
Donald Wicklund Last Wednesday, Connie Wicklund was downstairs in her Bergenfield home when she heard a main-floor door open and shut. Her husband, Donald, had likely taken the trash out, she...
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Attorney who admitted theft still has law license
Since November, attorney Randy Wynn has been telling pretty much everybody he was a thief. He has fessed up to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office, the state Office of Lawyer Regulation, a...
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Artist Robert Rauschenberg's foundation, trustees in court fight Monday over...
Captiva artist Robert Rauschenberg left his $600 million estate in the hands of three friends, including another artist, but now these trustees are suing to collect millions they say they’re owed....
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Ohio hospital wants to force Amish girl’s cancer treatment after parents stop...
An Ohio hospital is fighting to force a 10-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments. Akron Children’s Hospital is appealing a judge’s...
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Former Upper Arlington Attorney Charged For Allegedly Forging Guardianship...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former attorney is charged with theft, forgery, tampering with records and money laundering.According to the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Lindsey T. Burt, 33, was indicted...
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