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Ohio attorney faces discipline in billing probe
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A private southwest Ohio attorney who was appointed by various courts to handle the cases of people who couldn't afford a lawyer is being disciplined after an audit found he had...
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Probate judge, Horry County Sheriff’s Office issue warning of possible fraud
A probate judge contacted the Horry County Sheriff’s Office when she learned of a possible scam, said agency spokesman Jeff Benton. A resident told Judge Deirdre Edmonds someone came to their door...
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Court's question: Which judges can suspend judges?
Right after Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Mark A. Bruno was indicted in a federal ticket-fixing probe, the state Supreme Court landed on him hard, suspending him without pay. But then, another...
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Nurse faces drug charge
A state registered nurse supplied Temazepam prescribed for another patient to an elderly woman in a nursing home. Patricia Connolly, 56, of Back Westgate, Hornsea admitted to supplying Temazepam to...
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3 ex-CNAs won’t serve jail time in elderly patient-abuse case at Johnson City...
Three former CNAs who admitted spraying two Appalachian Christian Village nursing home patients with water to agitate them were denied judicial diversion, but won’t serve any jail time. A fourth woman...
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Woman guilty of exploiting elderly York woman: ‘I put her first in almost...
YORK Shirley Patton – who for two years supervised caregivers in Margie Miller’s home, ensured she was bathed and fed and held her power of attorney – pleaded guilty Tuesday to cashing $240,000 worth...
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Hampton facility one step closer to losing license
Hearing officer is 'haunted by the tragic images of residents … This is a sad place to live … its doors must close.' Ashwood Assisted Living in Hampton has moved one step closer to losing its license...
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Cuyahoga County and Other Jurisdictions Don’t Live Up to Sunshine Law , Ohio...
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost says a test of 20 counties and cities from different areas of the state shows about 40 percent are not fully following Ohio’s Sunshine law. "I would say I was disappointed,” he...
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Huguette Clark estate trial delayed 2 days to allow attempt at settlement
Huguette Clark estate, "Empty Mansions" The copper heiress Huguette Clark poses in a Japanese print dress in about 1943, when she was 37. NEW YORK — A last-ditch effort at a settlement is delaying...
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Expedited Probate Docket Is An Initial Success
Over a month ago, Davidson County Trial Courts approved the establishment of an Expedited Probate Docket. Judge Randy Kennedy and Presiding Judge Joe P. Binkley, Jr. jointly announced that due to the...
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Family Court judge to face disciplinary hearing in December
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline has set a Dec. 2 public hearing in Las Vegas into allegations Family Court Judge Steven Jones mishandled a romantic relationship with a prosecutor who...
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This Man's Shocking Story of Elder Financial Abuse Will Make You Hug Your...
“I should preface this by saying that my brother has always been a sociopath,” Brian Litwak told me. “But I had no other choice than to trust him because the doctor had told him, but not me, that I was...
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Rothstein Estate Gets Revenue From Versace Mansion Auction
Law360, Miami (September 18, 2013, 4:39 PM ET) -- Almost $700,000 of the $41.5 million sale price of Gianni Versace's former South Beach mansion will go toward the estate of Ponzi schemer Scott...
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CPA Disbarred for Stealing from Daughter’s Trust Fund
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that its Office of Professional Responsibility has prevailed in seeking the disbarment of David O. Christensen after he was convicted of theft for...
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Prescriber Checkup: Lifting the veil on dangerous prescribing
Federal officials were skeptical two years ago when ProPublica asked them to release a database of prescriptions written in Medicare's landmark drug plan, known as Part D. The data details the...
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Ex-District Judge Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
BROWNSVILLE - A judge sentenced former district judge Abel Limas to six years in prison for one count of racketeering. Limas was also ordered to forfeit $257,000 in property he owns and pay more than...
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Care giver charged with financial exploitation
HARRISBURG — Harrisburg woman has been charged with stealing over $10,000 from an elderly person, according to a bill of information released by Saline County State’s Attorney Mike Henshaw. Saline...
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Petition: Mandatory Liability Insurance for California's Assisted Living...
The State of California does not require an assisted living facility (also known as a residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE) to carry liability insurance, either at the time the facility is...
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TBI case against Franklin County attorney appointed to conservatorship...
CHATTANOOGA - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s case into a Franklin County attorney assigned by a court to be a conservator over the estate of a woman in failing health resulted in an indictment...
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Aging AIDS population causes new challenges for health care system
WASHINGTON -- Half of the HIV/AIDS population in the United States will be 50 or older by 2015, a pivotal development that brings new challenges to the treatment and prevention of the disease, experts...
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