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Perry County coroner accused of financially exploiting 94-year-old woman
KFVS12 News PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - The Perry County coroner is accused of financial exploitation of a 94-year-old woman.Herbert Miller, 65, of Perryville is charged with financial exploitation of...
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Minnesota wants CMS to investigate Humana’s Medicare Advantage plans
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is asking the CMS to investigate Medicare Advantage plans offered by Humana and has presented regulators with more than 25 affidavits of complaints from...
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Punishment for former Tax Court Judge George Perez stands
The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed with the Board on Judicial Standards. Former Tax Court Judge George Perez should be censured and his case should be forwarded to the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer...
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Ripped Off Scions Can Go After Lawyer's Bosses
Heirs of the Alta Dena Dairy fortune can pursue claims that their lawyer milked them with his firm's support, a California appeals court ruled.Berger Kahn began representing the Stueves in 2006 when...
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Jeff Brandes' Bill Would Help Keep Unscrupulous Guardians in Check
Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, came out swinging Tuesday, filing SB 634, legislation aimed at preventing the abuse of vulnerable Floridians by unscrupulous guardians.It's a very big deal in his...
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Tulsa Insurance Agent Accused Of Exploitation Of Elderly
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma -After being swindled out of nearly $300,000, an elderly couple in Muskogee shares their story of betrayal. The man accused of the crime is someone they thought they could trust....
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Waseca woman charged with exploiting $10,250 from elderly woman
Police say a Waseca woman is responsible for stealing $10,250 and then attempting to take another $13,000 from an elderly woman she'd befriended. Michelle Rae Joslyn, 47, was charged with four counts...
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At Issue in 2 Wrenching Cases: What to Do After the Brain Dies
In one way, the cases are polar opposites: the parents of Jahi McMath in Oakland, Calif., have fought to keep their daughter connected to a ventilator, while the parents and husband of Marlise Muñoz in...
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Plans for sweeping change at assisted-living homes
A bipartisan group of California legislators is calling for widespread changes in how the state licenses assisted-living homes, from increasing the public's ability to review complaints made against...
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The Kidnapping of Rudy and Rennie North by April Parks, Professional Guardian
I am shocked and angered every time I hear about another kidnapping of senior citizens right out of their homes. And because my own mother was kidnapped the same way by another woman, Mary Giordano, an...
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Tonight on T.S. Radio: Ginny Johnson
T.S Radio Hosted by Marti Oakley and Guest Host Tony Hutton Presents: Ginny Johnson the daughter of the Late Captain Hugh Johnson: War Hero, POW and Guardianship Victim.The whole broadcast is available...
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Judge for Pomfret, Fredonia disciplined in domestic violence case
Justice David A. Prince of the Pomfret Town Court and Fredonia Village Court in Chautauqua County was admonished Monday by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, which issued its lowest possible...
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Judge orders independent look at Justina Pelletier’s medical controversy
WEST HARTFORD — After nearly a year of forced separation from her family, Justina Pelletier, 15, was barred from going home with her family to their West Hartford home for Christmas this year. A...
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Marie Winkelman’s Case demands Litigation, not Mediation, to protect her...
This is the second column I have written about Marie Winkelman. Read the first column by clicking here. Marie is the author of a book about her experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Poland titled...
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Man sought for allegedly conning relatives out of $109,000
Boone County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 44-year-old Sturgeon man they believe swindled elderly relatives out of $109,000 in April, Detective Tom O'Sullivan said in a news release. A warrant...
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Press readers aid man impoverished during guardianship
TOMS RIVER— Ken Schmidt, who won an uphill battle last month to regain the legal rights he lost when he suffered a brain injury in a fall two years ago, is starting the new year on a happier note,...
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Assisted living facility fined $64,500
Shallotte | Shallotte Assisted Living has been fined $64,500 by the state for failing to protect residents from mental and physical abuse, and for failing to maintain rules about controlled substances...
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Amish family fighting forced chemo: Allowing guardian for daughter could...
TOLEDO, Ohio — A judge's decision appointing a guardian to make medical decisions for an Amish girl after her parents stopped her chemotherapy violated their constitutional rights and could affect the...
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How Internet Sleuths Unraveled a Family's 20-Year-Old Mystery
The Internet loves a challenge. Case in point: When a woman asked an online forum for help decoding her dying grandmother's "cancer-addled ramblings," users began to unravel the decades-old mystery in...
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Woman accused of exploiting ill family friend in Mower County
AUSTIN — An Idaho woman is expected to make her first appearance in a Minnesota courtroom on Thursday after being accused of stealing more than $60,000 from a woman she was hired to help. Kathy Marie...
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