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New Jersey Law Journal

Ex-Lawyer Gets 10 Years for Bilking Elderly Clients

A disbarred New Jersey attorney who admitted to stealing millions of dollars from her elderly clients has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Sweepstake Delusion' May Have Medical Explanation

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish writes that although victims of fraudulent lottery schemes are often given little sympathy out of a feeling that someone who fails to recognize the obviousness of the scam and cooperates with the perpetrators deserves the misfortune of losing their savings, there is now medical research suggesting that this condition is not a weakness of character but has an organic basis in damage to a specific portion of the brain.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fee Application Rejected in Medicaid Eligibility Suit

A federal judge in Camden, N.J., has denied a fee application in a Medicaid dispute, finding that a preliminary injunction barring inclusion of the plaintiff's husband's annuity in her assets did not make her a prevailing party.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unnecessary Powers of Attorney: Sidestepping the Civil Justice System

Beware of drafting powers of attorney that may do more harm than good, by unnecessarily giving family members the right to bind a loved one or an estate to predispute arbitration. This is particularly true in the context of nursing-home care.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Guardianship Hearing Moved to Elderly Woman's Home

A Bronx Supreme Court justice abruptly terminated an in-court guardianship proceeding last month and reconvened it an hour later in the bedroom of a 93-year-old woman, whose assets her son and daughter were bitterly fighting to control.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Task Force Recommends Significant Orphans' Court Changes

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Elder Law Task Force has recommended significant changes to the way the state's Orphans' Courts operate.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Treatment of Income for Married Individuals Receiving Home Care

In his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish discusses "spousal impoverishment protection" and "pooled income trust," the two methods of calculating the treatment of income for a married Medicaid applicant who is seeking home care.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Robbing Elderly Clients

A New Jersey attorney is facing prison time after pleading guilty to bilking elderly clients out of millions of dollars using phony powers of attorney and other fraudulent means.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

The Ins and Outs of Bringing an Elder Abuse Lawsuit

A big challenge in suing over elder abuse, at least in California, is differentiating the claims from those in medical malpractice cases, which are limited by statute to $250,000 in noneconomic damages.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Jenkins v. Teegarden

By | October 24, 2014
6 minute read

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