Elder Law

Nursing homes: Health & Safety Code § 1430, subdivision (b)

An overlooked statute that can drive your case, and it comes with attorney’s fees

Redmond Walton

From Issue: 2025 October

Nursing home arbitration agreements in California – Understanding the basics

A desktop summary of elder-abuse arbitration law

Art Gharibian

From Issue: 2023 September

Financial elder abuse and insurance

Successful litigation of financial elder abuse may include treble damages and attorney’s fees awards

Evangeline Fisher Grossman
Tonna K. Farrar

From Issue: 2019 September

When a conservator signs the arbitration agreement at a health-care facility

Problems enforcing a conservator’s execution of a health-care facility’s arbitration agreement

Eileen C. Moore

From Issue: 2021 September

The clock starts now

Using trial preference as a strategic litigation tool without letting discovery become your weakness

Olivia Ratiner
Vlad Idelman

From Issue: 2026 October

Expediting trial through motions for preference

Before you rush to bring a motion for preference, be aware that preference cases also have drawbacks

Laurel Halbany

From Issue: 2018 February

Grandma’s bank account got hit by a fraudster

Federal and state laws that may help victims of elder fraud recover from financial institutions and credit-reporting agencies

Nick Barthel

From Issue: 2024 January

Sexual abuse in skilled-nursing facilities

The laws governing elder abuse and neglect cases provide sexual-abuse victims with many avenues for recovery

Louanne Masry

From Issue: 2020 April

Proving damages in “golden years” injury cases

Hedonic damages become vital when special damages are limited

Steven Lipscomb

From Issue: 2018 June

What is real

A look at the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act and the difficulties faced in protecting elders

Kim Valentine

From Issue: 2021 August

Identifying elder-abuse cases

Understanding the elder-abuse statute is the first step in identifying likely cases in both health-care abuse and financial abuse

Todd J. Bloomfield

From Issue: 2017 February

Appellate Reports

Appellate Court holds that hospital’s substantial impairment of an elderly patient’s right to autonomy can constitute actionable “neglect” within the Elder Abuse Act

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 November