Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Penalized When You Need Your Money Back No Control Over How Your Money Is Invested Commissions, Contract Fees And Caps On Returns Deferred annuities are long-term insurance contracts which require you to lose control over your investment, and some annuities may earn little to no interest.  If you […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffered From Lou Gehrig’s Disease Caregiver Accused Of Trying To Strangle Victim Allegedly Flees With $4000 In Stolen Cash Stories of elder physical abuse are often very difficult to read.  To make matters even worse for defenseless elderly victims, physical abuse or neglect is often coupled […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Elderly Facility Residents Died After Drinking Cleaning Solution Attorney General Weighing Charges Against Facility One Walnut Creek Facility Worker Previously Arrested Rob Bonta, California’s Attorney General may soon decide whether a Bay Area senior living provider will face charges in the poisoning deaths of three seniors who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuse Of Resident Caught On Tape Aide Pleads Guilty To Intentional Abuse Sentenced To One Year In Prison Sadly, dementia patients in nursing homes and assisted care facilities are at risk of intentional physical abuse by aides and staff in the very facilities where families expect their afflicted […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Former Accounts Manager Blows Whistle Defendant Allegedly Failed To Abide By Price Reduction Clause Realtors Will Receive $437,500 Reward The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., allows individuals with knowledge of fraud against the federal government to initiate actions on behalf of the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft From Victim And His Foundation $287,000 Missing According To Authorities Small Checks At Beginning Access to any older person’s financial accounts seems to be an almost irresistible temptation for dishonest caregivers, particularly if the older person is suffering from dementia or so elderly that they are […]

Ingrid M. Evans, of Evans Law Firm, Inc., has been selected as a 2023 AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, America’s leading lawyer directory which has been evaluating lawyers through a peer review system since 1887.  Ingrid’s AV Preeminent ranking is the highest peer rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell.  The fact that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was “Friend” Who Started Assisting Senior Daily Used Senior’s Credit Cards To Run Errands Guardian Reports Suspicious Charges To Police Isolated seniors are the most vulnerable to financial abuse because they have no one to watch over their accounts and help them keep track of their money. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Had Senior’s Power Of Attorney And Stood To Inherit Estate Allegedly Laced Peanut Butter With Trazodone Police Find Drug-Laced Peanut Butter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest in-home caregivers runs the gamut from petty theft to attempts to take everything the senior owns.  Common modes of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FCA Settlements And Judgments Exceed $2 Billion 351 Settlements And Judgments For Year Total Recovered By FCA Cases Now Total Over $72 Billion Federal law authorizes private citizens to bring suits against businesses and individuals believed to be defrauding the government. False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § […]