Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Resident Evictions Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California according to government data.  The trend is disturbing and frankly outrageous: such complaints have risen 70% in the last five years reaching 1,504 complaints during […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stories to Watch in 2018 The California and San Francisco attorneys at Evans Law Firm represent clients in a variety of cases ranging from financial elder abuse, life insurance and annuities case, nursing home abuse cases, whistleblower actions under the False Claims Act and Internal Revenue Service whistleblower […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Resident Evictions Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California according to government data. Such complaints have risen 70% in the last five years reaching 1,504 complaints during the past year alone. These complaints are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Duty Does An Agent Owe You? Putting You First We at Evans Law Firm litigate the question of an insurance agent’s duty to his clients, particularly when it comes to life insurance and/or annuities. We have written on the subject in this column.  As life insurance and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jackson National Life Insurance Company Deferred Annuities The annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. represent clients over age 60 in California who have suffered losses on all types of annuity contracts, including fixed, indexed, and variable deferred annuities. Often, the policyholder suffers loss on surrender of their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nurse Receives Award For Reporting Nursing Home Abuse The San Mateo County and California nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. often share in this column stories of nursing home abuse, including incidences of overmedication or improper medication of patients as a form of abuse. A […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding Income Riders Income Riders Flood Annuities Market A flood of new income riders on annuities partially explains a recent boom in sales. Annuity sales hit a record $203 billion last year.  Before you climb abroad this fast-moving train, make sure you understand what annuities are, what income […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FINRA Concerns With L Share Annuities L Share Variable Annuities are a type of variable annuity where the surrender charge period under the contract is shortened to three or four years, as opposed to seven to ten years under standard variable annuities. L Share annuities have higher administrative […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Protections Expanding Over the past several years, financial elder abuse protections have expanded in the legislature, through industry regulation, and in the courts, particularly in California. The San Mateo County and California financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. have been in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Arbitration Clause in Nursing Home Admission Contract Struck Down Recently, a California appellate court refused to enforce an arbitration provision in a nursing home admission contract finding that the 94 year-old nursing home resident suffering from Alzheimer’s had not agreed to arbitrate disputes with the home. In the […]