Unsure how to curb frequent 911 calls by a system “super user,” Washington, D.C., officials met earlier this year to discuss a solution. Their decision: Seek a guardianship to handle…
When Kenneth “Bryan” Goodwin was injured in a 2011 accident, his wheelchair was stolen while he was being treated at a San Francisco hospital. He made a claim against the…
Richard Bernstein was training for a marathon when he was hit by a bicyclist in Central Park in August 2012, breaking his left hip and sending him to the hospital…
Am embattled Kentucky disability lawyer who was featured on 60 Minutes on Sunday and under investigation by a U.S. Senate committee has spoken publicly for the first time about the…
A high-earning Kentucky disability lawyer featured in a 60 Minutes television segment that aired Sunday subsequently took the Fifth during a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
A Kentucky lawyer who self-branded over the years in all manner of advertisements as “Mr. Social Security” got some re-branding by U.S. Senate committee investigators today and the CBS’ Oct 7, 2013 8:40 PM CDT
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday affirmed a trial court’s decision that California cannot wash its hands of responsibility when, as part of the state’s…
An Illinois man who suffered a brain injury during surgery in 2009 can’t marry his girlfriend of 38 years because he doesn’t have the capacity to consent, a Rockford judge…
Serious depression, heart disease and chronic pain are three disabilities that can probably get tenants around pet restrictions, the New York Times reports, and more…
The Oregon State Bar has decided to drop an unusual legal ethics complaint against a sitting district attorney and a defense lawyer accused of knowingly urging a judge to issue…
A suspected shooter slain by police after reportedly killing 12 on Monday at the the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., had been experiencing mental issues, according to news reports.
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