Elder Abuse – Vanarell & Li, LLC, Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorneys

May

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2024

May 30, 2024

Raising Multi-Generational Awareness World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (“WEAAD”) is an annual initiative launched on...

May

New Video on Elder Financial Abuse from the Departments of Banking and Securities and Aging of the State of Pennsylvania

May 15, 2017

Financial abuse of the elderly has been called the “crime of the 21st century.” The...

Feb

Appeals Court Upholds $21 Million Punitive Damage Award in Elder Abuse Lawsuit

February 24, 2017

A California court of appeals affirmed a jury award against the owner of a construction...

Jan

New Resident Protections in the Revised Nursing Facility Regulations

January 18, 2017

The federal Nursing Home Reform Law was enacted in 1987, and became effective in October...

Oct

Court Directs Son and His Family to Vacate Mother’s Home, Allowing Home to be Sold to Pay for Mother’s Care Needs

October 10, 2016

The plaintiff, Marjorie Fister, is the mother of defendant Kevin Edward Fister. In 2010, the...

May

NJ Supreme Court Rules Non-Lawyers Who Assist In Medicaid Planning Are Engaged In The Unauthorized Practice of Law

May 24, 2016

The Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, appointed by the Supreme Court of New...

Apr

Court Vacates Injunction Against Law Firm’s Ad Critical of Nursing Home

April 27, 2016

McHugh Fuller, a law firm which focuses on nursing home abuse and neglect, ran a full-page...

Apr

Law Designed to Protect Seniors Does Not Impose a Duty on Banks to Report Elder Abuse to Authorities

April 4, 2016

Following bench trial, a trial judge ruled that a state law designed to protect seniors and...

Mar

NJ Attorney Suspended for Arranging Improper Loan from Elderly Widow

March 14, 2016

In order to protect the public and and guard against elder abuse by lawyers, the...

Mar

Adult Child Uses Senior Divorce to Contest Estranged Parent’s Last Will and Testament

March 1, 2016

Plaintiff, Emmaline O’Hara, and defendant, John B. O’Hara, Jr., were married in 1955. They had...

Feb

New Brochure on Elder Abuse by Caregivers

February 12, 2016

[gview file=”http://www.ncea.aoa.gov/Resources/Publication/docs/Archstone-Caregiver-Brochure-Web.pdf” save=”1″] Caring for an elderly or disabled person frequently involves strenuous physical tasks...

Dec

Lawyer Must Pay Legal Fees in Undue Influence Case

December 23, 2015

A lawyer who was found to have exerted undue influence over his mother must reimburse...

Dec

Bank Not Liable For Improper Withdrawals from Nursing Home Resident’s Account Made By Resident’s Agent Under Power of Attorney

December 21, 2015

In 2003, Michael Yahatz opened a bank account. The following year, the bank was acquired...

Nov

Judge Rules NJ’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Covers Elder Abuse

November 18, 2015

In a case of first impression, a trial judge in Ocean County ruled that victims...

Oct

Action Against Assisted Living Facility For Resident’s Choking Death Survives Summary Judgment In Federal District Court

October 6, 2015

Nancy Gimenez-Watson was a resident of Brighton Gardens of Edison, an assisted living facility (ALF)...

Nov

PA Appeals Court Rules that Unlimited Gifting Authority in Power of Attorney Does Not Protect Agent from Criminal Liability for Self-Dealing

November 16, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, under the law of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other states, an...

Jun

NJ Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Alleged Abuser Against Those Who Reported and Investigated Claims of Elder Abuse and Neglect

June 25, 2014

A New Jersey trial judge dismissed a lawsuit asserted by an alleged abuser against a...

Jul

Guardian Who Provided Care To Ward in Ward’s Home, Refusing To Place Ward in Nursing Home Against Her Wishes, Found Not Guilty of Neglect

July 23, 2013

Reversing state agency and appeals court rulings, the highest court of the State of Washington...

May

Undue Influence

May 14, 2013

After an individual’s death, litigation regarding the decedent’s estate can arise in a variety of...

May

Lack of Testamentary Capacity

May 13, 2013