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A Long Beach, California couple is suing Long Beach Memorial Medical Center for wrongful life and wrongful birth claiming their negligence denied them the option of having an abortion. Javier Sanchez and Samantha Hernandez told her OB/GYN that they wanted tests for genetic disorders because they said she and Sanchez could not afford to raise…

There’s a fight going on in Chattooga County, Ga. over $76,000. Last month, County Commissioner Jason Winters, visited Probate Court Judge Jon Payne. He told the judge that the county auditor had noticed the judge had been cutting checks to himself; $35,813 in 2015 and $40,410 in 2016. Payne explained that the money came from…

In 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that Second Mortgages and Home Equity Lines of Credit may not be dischargeable in bankruptcy even if the entire amount of the loan is underwater. By underwater, we mean that the value (FMV) of the home is less than the amount of the first mortgage. Until this recent…

A Vermont man, Nathan Carman, who was rescued at sea after going missing with his mother last year, has filed papers to represent himself in probate court to fend off a legal challenge by his aunts to declare him a killer. The legal action is an attempt by the aunts to bar him from receiving…

Last week we wrote about how Hartford Connecticut’s mayor signaled to the state legislature that if they didn’t come up with a budget within the next 60 days, he would file for bankruptcy for his city. Now the City Council of Hartford has told the mayor they are against that threat. According to the Hartford…

Leif Johnson of Cameron Missouri inherited a house his father bought at a probate sale. His father had already started renovating the property when he died. Johnson was all ready to move in with his daughter when he got a phone call. Johnson said Received a phone call one morning saying that they had some…

Mayor Luke Bronin of Hartford told Connecticut legislative leaders and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that his city will file for bankruptcy protection if they can’t come up with a state budget in 60 days. In a letter to legislators the mayor wrote If the State fails to enact a budget and continues to operate under…

Last month we posted a video story about how in a Michigan county, the probate administrator was in cahoots with real estate lawyers and they were “stealing” properties from legal heirs, legally. Now some new laws, endorsed by the State Attorney General Bill Schuette are poised to reform the Public Administrator law. Recent actions by…

Long Island, N.Y.-based seller of vitamins and nutritional supplements, Vitamin World plans to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month with the hope of getting out of what they say are expensive leases for their stores. The vitamin and nutrition supplement seller has 345 stores around the country. Madden told Newsday the company is filing bankruptcy,…

A would-be client has been charged with petit larceny after stealing a Long Island lawyer’s beloved pet office frog. Fernado Castro admitted to snatching the frog and a secretary for another law firm has lawyered up for her role in the theft. The Daily News quotes Garden City attorney, Thomas Liotti as saying, “Our entire…