Laws, Regulations, Cases & Other Resources

CMS Announces Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new final rule requiring minimum staffing levels…

2 weeks ago

Caveator deprived herself of standing by withdrawing her challenge to Will

On February 21, 2024, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided the case of In Re Estate of Anne Smith Florance.…

3 weeks ago

Probate Court Reversed for Ordering Conservatorship Accounting Before Determining Identity of Estate’s Personal Representative

The Georgia Court of Appeals decided the case of In re Bessie Mae Blake on February 20, 2024. Willis Blake…

3 weeks ago

Washington Post Reports Assisted Living Facilities Using Algorithm to Set Staffing Levels

On April 1, 2024, the Washington Post published an article titled "Algorithms guide senior home staffing. Managers say care is…

1 month ago

Notice of Residential Real Estate Broker Commissions Antitrust Settlements

Recently a notice was published concerning a class action where the Plaintiffs alleged that real estate brokers engaged in anticompetitive…

2 months ago

Guardianship Evaluation is Admissible Regardless of Stipulation

Guardianship Evaluation In most cases I've been involved in, the evaluator's report is stipulated into evidence or the evaluator is…

3 months ago

Georgia Court of Appeals Revisits the Preponderance-of-the-Evidence Standard

In White v. Stanley (Georgia Ct. App. 10/3/2023), Rhonda White appealed a jury verdict  in favor of the defendants relating…

7 months ago

Contacting Insurance Companies after a Policy Holder’s Death

After a policy holder dies, it is important to contact insurance companies to see whether a claim should be paid.…

8 months ago

Assisted Living Facility Not Entitled to Summary Judgment Where Cognitively Impaired Resident Filmed Nude

In Jones v. Life Care Centers of America (Tenn .Ct. Appeals 2023), a cognitively impaired resident was assisted in the…

10 months ago

Handwriting Expert’s Testimony Supported Forgery Claim Regarding Life Insurance Proceeds

In Estate of Hargett v. Brown (Tenn. App. 6/9/2023), the Decedent, Willie Hargett, had separated from his wife, Robbie Hargett.…

10 months ago