Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee filed a restraining order against a man who up until earlier this week was acting as his business manager, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Read moreComic book creator Stan Lee, 95, is suing his former business manager in a fraud and elder abuse lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Friday, claiming that he stole over $4 million dollars and even set up a scheme to sell Lee’s blood as a collector’s item.
Read moreClass actions filed by Irell & Manella in L.A. Superior Court accuse Renew Financial Holdings, Renovate America Inc., and Los Angeles County of financial elder abuse through a state-created program called Property Assessed Clean Energy.
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A class action accuses AARP of financially abusing elders by taking kickbacks from UnitedHealth insurance, forcing members to pay extra and violating California insurance and business laws.
Read moreThe grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late poet’s intellectual property from his father and has bankrupted a company the two set up to manage her legacy, the father claims in a state court lawsuit filed Monday.
Read moreA group of senior citizens accuse Brookdale Senior Living of deliberately understaffing its facilities to improve profit margins and violating the Americans With Disabilities Act with noncompliant bathrooms, closets and patio doors, according to a federal class action.
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A state court judge Monday refused to toss the claims of Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend, who says his daughter Shari Redstone prevented her from getting her share of the media mogul’s estate.
Read more(CN) – Attorneys general from 38 states are asking the federal government for a policy change that would allow the
Read moreFour days after a Northern California nursing home left a blind man with dementia and a seizure disorder at a hotel with a half-gallon of milk, instant noodles and Velveeta, and told him he could stay 30 days, he was dead, his estate claims in court.
Read moreA Texas jury found a neurosurgeon guilty Tuesday of maiming an elderly patient in an exceptionally rare conviction of a medical doctor for giving substandard care.
Read moreThe state of Maryland wants treble damages from a nursing home operator that it says has dumped at least 1,000 elderly residents, oftentimes at homeless shelters, after they’ve exhausted their Medicare coverage for a short-term stay.
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Insurance brokers urged the 10th Circuit on Wednesday to revive claims that NBC’s “Dateline” destroyed an insurance mogul’s career in a broadcast that suggested he was defrauding senior citizens.
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The daughter of late radio star Casey Kasem claims in federal court that a rookie movie producer is demanding $100,000 “ransom” for footage they shot for a documentary about elder abuse.
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