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ROCKVILLE, Md: Estate of Sara McAlpin has issued the following news release: In a case that is being hailed as part of a new '#MeToo moment for elder abuse,' the [...]

2023 OCT 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Patient Care Law Weekly -- Attorneys at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP recently secured a $6 million verdict [...]

2023 FEB 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- A Sacramento Superior Court jury handed down a $30.9 million verdict in an [...]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The following information was released by the office of the Arkansas Attorney General: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced the conviction of two Faulkner County [...]

San Francisco police arrested a 34-year-old man in connection to two separate incidents of aggravated assault on two women that occurred in September around the Tenderloin neighborhood, officials said. San [...]

A Portland couple has been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding a local elderly couple of approximately $1.6 million in a scheme lasting more than two years. Ronnie Stevens aka [...]

A Rushville woman, whose sentencing was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic after she faced charges of elder abuse and theft of a controlled substance, has finally been jailed. Bethany [...]

PORTLAND, OR -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon: A Portland couple with previous fraud convictions was sentenced to federal [...]

LOS ANGELES: Kyle Johnson has issued the following press release: Kyle Johnson, son of Nichelle Nichols, the iconic Star Trek star, filed a countersuit against Gilbert Bell. The suit accuses [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa: Used Powers of Attorney to Steal Over $200,000 for [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The following information was released by the office of the Florida Attorney General: Attorney General Ashley Moody today announced an arrest by the Winter Haven Police Department [...]

A Georgia woman, who was out on bond after she was charged with neglecting her mother who had a stroke in 2015, was arrested last week for her murder. The [...]

PALM SPRINGS: Law Offices of Mitchell Reed Sussman has issued the following press release: Timeshare cancellation attorney Mitchell Sussman files lawsuit against Diamond Resorts. Attorney Mitchell Reed Sussman has filed [...]

Byline: Morgan Krakow An Illinois family is suing a nursing home and two of its former employees after a video appears to show caregivers taunting a 91-year-old woman. Margaret Collins, [...]

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The following information was released by the State of Rhode Island: Two Rhode Island men recently received prison sentences for cases involving elder abuse. On February 17, [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The following information was released by the office of the California Attorney General: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today secured a two-year sentence against Jeannie Ellen Mercier [...]

Authorities have accused a man of fatally beating a 73-year-old patient he shared a hospital room with. Reginald Daniel Panthier, who was last Thursday hit with murder and other charges, [...]

ONTARIO: McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP has issued the following press release: McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP (MWA)--an Inland Empire-based firm specializing in matters involving defective products causing injury and death, catastrophic [...]

A woman in Los Angeles was sentenced to 15 years in prison this past week for what the authorities said was an unprovoked attack on an elderly man last year. [...]

Byline: Lateshia Beachum Three women have been charged with creating a makeshift fight club at an elderly care facility in North Carolina. Their fighters were the dementia patients under their [...]

LANSING, Mich. -- The following information was released by the office of the Michigan Attorney General: Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced her Health Care Fraud Division has charged Elizabeth [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The following information was released by the office of the California Attorney General: David Reimers to pay $1.8 Million in Restitution California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today [...]

PROVIDENCE, RI -- The following information was released by the State of Rhode Island: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that Kevin Viara (age 50), of Seekonk, MA, pleaded guilty [...]

LONG BEACH: Garcia & Artigliere has issued the following news release: Nationwide elder abuse law firm Garcia & Artigliere recently brought a lawsuit on behalf of dementia patient Billy Ray [...]

LONG BEACH: Garcia & Artigliere has issued the following news release: Garcia & Artigliere, a nationwide law firm focusing on elder abuse litigation, recently filed a legal complaint against Country [...]

LONG BEACH: Garcia & Artigliere has issued the following news release: Representing a deceased dementia patient who suffered from severe neglect, nationwide litigation firm Garcia & Artigliere recently filed a [...]

While Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel kicked off the first Elder Abuse Task Force listening tour stop in Grand Rapids this afternoon, members of her Health Care Fraud Division were [...]

LONG BEACH: Garcia & Artigliere has issued the following news release: Garcia & Artigliere, a nationwide elder abuse litigation firm, recently filed a civil complaint against The Regents of the [...]

LANSING, Mich. -- The following information was released by the office of the Michigan Attorney General: While Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel kicked off the first Elder Abuse Task Force [...]

Spiderman, Captain Marvel, The Incredible Hulk - these are but only a few of the many famous creations of the late great comic writer Stan Lee. What had started for [...]

Byline: Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) -- A man who claimed to be a manager and caretaker for Stan Lee has been charged with abusing the late Marvel Comics legend. Keya [...]

A judge has sentenced a 52-year-old woman for felony elder abuse in breach of Penal Code Section 368(b)(1), according to a press release from the Humboldt County District Attorneys Office. [...]

Byline: Rachel Weiner Charles Bennett had already lost his home and moved into a trailer to pay the scammers who had taken over his life. Soon he was hiding there [...]

Byline: Danie Waddell Sept. 19--An Alexandria nurse pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree elder abuse and neglect charges from July 2017. According to court records, Carol Jann Doyal, 58, received a [...]

Byline: Marian Accardi Feb. 14--A Decatur woman was charged with elder abuse involving her mother, Decatur police said. Officers responded Tuesday to an elder abuse call at 114 Daniel St. [...]

SOUTH BEND -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana:Sven Eric Marshall, 61 years old, formerly of South Bend, Indiana, [...]

A woman will appear in court today after being charged with elder abuse and domestic violence offences following an incident in Thirroul yesterday. Police attended a home in Station Street [...]

Byline: Anna Sulkin High profile cases continue to draw attention to the reality of potential elder abuse and exploitation of aging individuals by their caretakers. Most recently, a federal lawsuit [...]

Does the failure to pay an insurance claim constitute elder abuse? Not under Oregon's elder financial abuse laws. In January, the Oregon Supreme Court, answering a certified question from the [...]

Byline: Judy Harrison Feb. 02--PORTLAND, Maine -- A lawsuit filed by a Standish man alleging that he was falsely arrested, maliciously prosecuted, defamed and denied due process by Waldoboro police [...]

Byline: Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Brenda Floyd was turning out lights, getting her 94-year-old patient ready for bed, when she noticed the plate of food on the floor. As the [...]

Byline: Ellen Eldridge A Gwinnett County judge had the same question as everyone else when sentencing a woman convicted of abusing a disabled patient in her care. Judge Tom Davis [...]

Sumner Redstone, the media mogul, on Tuesday sued two ex-girlfriends over civil claims including elder abuse, saying he was forced to borrow $100 million from the private company that holds [...]

PIERRE, SD -- The following information was released by the office of the South Dakota Attorney General: Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Sandra Lee Pazen, 62, Fort Collins, [...]

PIERRE, SD -- The following information was released by the office of the South Dakota Attorney General: Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that Amy Schmidt, 37, Aberdeen, was sentenced [...]