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Mealey's Elder Law - EEOC Sues Connecticut Hospital Over 'Late Career' Eye, Neuropsychological Tests
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Feb. 11 sued a Connecticut hospital in federal court, claiming that its policy requiring individuals 70 and older to undergo ophthalmologic and neuropsychological examinations when seeking...
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Mealey's Elder Law - Magistrate Recommends Denying Dismissal Of Class Action Over Reverse Mortgages
NEW YORK - A federal magistrate judge on Feb. 5 recommended denying dismissal of a class action suit brought by an elderly woman who claims that the holder of a reverse mortgage prematurely paid property taxes on her home, finding that she sufficiently...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Wife Lacked Authority To Enter Arbitration Agreements, Pennsylvania Panel Affirms
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel in two separate Feb. 6 opinions affirmed a lower court's denial of motions to enforce arbitration agreements in a multidefendant nursing home negligence case, finding in both instances that the...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - 5th Circuit Reinstates Estate's Suit Challenging Seizure Of Man's Dog
NEW ORLEANS - The estate of a Mississippi man who died after he sued to challenge a city's seizure of his dog that allegedly escaped while the man was being transported to the hospital may proceed with the lawsuit, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Volkswagen Agrees To Policy Changes To Settle Age Bias Collective, Class Claims
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on Feb. 3 granted preliminary approval of a collective and class action settlement of age bias charges against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (Volkswagen AG) and its subsidiaries through which the employer...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Dispute Over Secondary Payer Payment Settlement Dismissed In Michigan
DETROIT - A Michigan federal judge on Feb. 3 agreed with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that a declaratory judgment action stemming from a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...
Mealeys
over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Vice Chancellor Dismisses Claims Over $395M Dividends In Fraud Suit Against Insurer
WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware vice chancellor on Jan. 31 dismissed as untimely a class's claim under the Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (DUFTA) regarding $395 million in dividends that a long-term care insurer paid from 2012 to 2014 (Richard...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Dismissal Of Negligence Suit Against County-Owned Nursing Home Appealed
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man filed a notice of appeal on Jan. 30 after his lawsuit against a county-owned nursing home for the death of his mother was dismissed on Jan. 22 when a federal judge determined that the negligence and wrongful death claims...
Mealeys
over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Arkansas Appellate Panel Rules 'Ambiguity' Makes Arbitration Agreement Invalid
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas appellate panel on Jan. 29 affirmed a lower court in finding that a nursing home cannot compel arbitration of a lawsuit filed by the daughter of a former resident as no arbitration agreement was validly formed, finding...
Mealeys
over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Mississippi High Court Orders Transfer Of Building Sale's Proceeds To Estate
JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Jan. 30 ordered a chancery court judge to transfer money in a registry of the court to a woman's estate, finding that the lower court abused its discretion by continuing to hold the funds after a conservatorship...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Florida Panel Reinstates Rule Changes Regulating Assisted Living Facilities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida appellate panel on Jan. 29 reversed an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) ruling invalidating seven amendments to rules governing assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the state, finding that the Department of Elder...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - More Briefs Sought In Dispute Over Out-Of- Pocket Nursing Home Costs
HARTFORD, Conn. - A class of Medicare recipients and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) were asked by a federal judge in Connecticut on Jan. 28 to brief a new series of questions in a lawsuit over out-of-pocket costs for admission to a skilled...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Panel Reverses Denial Of Motion To File Amended Complaint In Elder Abuse Case
LOS ANGELES - A trial judge used an incorrect timing computation regarding the two-year statute of limitations for a motion to amend, a California appeals panel held Jan. 27, reversing the denial of a family's motion for leave to file a second amended...
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over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Arizona Panel Affirms Nursing Home Negligence Case Not Subject To Arbitration
PHOENIX - An Arizona panel in a Jan. 28 unpublished opinion affirmed a lower court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a negligence case against a nursing home, finding that claims related to a resident's death after falling out of her...
Mealeys
over 3 years ago
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Mealey's Elder Law - Minnesota Panel: Social Media Post Is Not A Health Record
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A senior living community worker's disparaging social media post about a resident did not constitute a "health record" because it contained no information about her medical condition, a Minnesota appeals panel ruled Jan...
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