Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Criminal Elder Abuse Felony Elder Abuse How To Protect Older Loved Ones One of the most pressing concerns for seniors is elder abuse. As many as 5 million older Americans experience abuse every year, according to the National Council on Aging.  (That number could in reality be much […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program Program Under Department Of Justice Criminal Division Rewards Of Up To 30% Of Forfeitures On August 1, 2024, the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), to offer whistleblower awards for reports of corporate misconduct. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated And Costly Insurance Policies Penalties For Getting Your Money Back Unfavorable Interest Crediting Formulas Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are illiquid. The contracts are illiquid because […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Cases Work Examples Of Government Fraud Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Prohibited Private citizens and businesses help the government recover billions every year in cases of fraud against the government. The private citizens and businesses assisted the government in recovering these funds by bringing civil lawsuits on behalf of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Resided In Care Facility Suspect Employed As Facility Chaplain Protecting Older Loved Ones U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades, and the numbers are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Claims of Coercion, Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Presley’s Lawsuit Seeks Over $1 Million In Damages Protecting Older Persons From Fraud While often the financial predators of seniors are newcomers in their lives or even total strangers, seniors may also be victims of financial elder abuse from those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Complicated And Costly Insurance Policies Penalties For Getting Your Money Back Unfavorable Interest Crediting Formulas Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally recommends against certain types of deferred annuities especially for seniors because these complex insurance policies carry high fees, lack transparency and are illiquid. The contracts are illiquid because […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 79-Year-Old Roommate Charged With Murder Family Sues Nursing Home For Lack Of Supervision Remedies For Injured Seniors And Families Sadly, seniors under in-home care or residing in nursing homes or assisted care facilities are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment.  See Cal. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risk Of Abuse In Nursing Homes And Other Care Facilities Recent Case Examples Remedies For Injured Victims And Families Stories of intentional abuse or wanton neglect/abandonment of seniors in assisted care facilities or nursing homes are difficult to read but abuse is a real threat, particularly for those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Drugged To Prevent Wandering Patient Received Sedatives Without Physician Consultation Family Brings Wrongful Death Suit A very dangerous, and sadly common, behavior pattern of Alzheimer sufferers and persons with other forms of dementia is wandering away, also known as elopement.  Responsible facilities use alarm systems to alert […]