He was 49 and on his way to political greatness. She was 22 and picketing City Hall mostly for the fun of it. It took hot pants to bring them together. Paired with white go-go boots and Jeanne Bell’s lithe young physique, the red short-shorts caught the eye of William Donald Schaefer as he strode Keep Reading…
A growing chorus of protest from local residents, doctors and others has erupted over the fact that Catholic doctrine could override patients’ end-of-life wishes under a pending merger of three Kentucky hospitals. Under the merger proposal, University Hospital will join Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare and St. Joseph Health System, whose parent company is Keep Reading…
MILFORD – The J.C. Devine auction house might be long gone, having disappeared in a cloud of bankruptcy and confusion after the death of its founder 17 months ago, but it lives on in court. TD Bank has sued Joseph C. Devine’s estate, claiming it’s owed $398,000 from a half-million dollars’ worth of loans Devine Keep Reading…
LAWRENCE — Elizabeth Lacey was suspicious of the double-chocolate cake, a present from retired Lawrence cop William Hale Sr. She noticed the Pepperidge Farm box was already open. The frail 89-year-old said she thought the cake might be poisoned. “She said, ‘Give it to the neighbor and if he’s living tomorrow, than we’ll know the Keep Reading…
It’s a Nashville saga worthy of its own country music song. “Gentleman” Jim Reeves was a velvet-voiced country crooner famous for his tuxedos, his clean-cut good looks and lovelorn lyrics such as: “Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone.” He died in a fiery Brentwood plane crash in 1964 at the age Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.As problems with the Tennessee judiciary are a regular topic here at Estate of Denial®, this post from Memphis’ The Daily News was noted with interest: GOP Proposals Take Aim at Tennessee Courts Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature are taking a close look at the judiciary branch this year, with several proposals expected to be Keep Reading…
Courtroom cronyism is certainly a frequent factor in the abusive probate cases discussed here at Estate of Denial® . EconomicFreedom.org describes cronyism as follows: Cronyism occurs when an individual or organization colludes with government officials to get forced benefits they could not have otherwise obtained voluntarily. Those benefits come at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, Keep Reading…
In September senior assistant Attorney General (AG) C.H. Jones wrote to a Richland County court that the AG’s office was “ready and more than willing” to release a copy of the contract under which Columbia attorney Kenneth Wingate is suing former James Brown trustees, Robert Buchanan of Aiken and Adele Pope of Newberry. It now Keep Reading…
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has filed theft charges in two separate white-collar crime cases, he said today, in which a total of about $800,000 was stolen. In the first case, prosecutors charged Stacy H. Sheedy, an Indianapolis attorney and accountant, with three counts of theft and one count of forgery, according to a release Keep Reading…
Nearly 50 years after country star “Gentleman” Jim Reeves died in a Brentwood plane crash, a Nashville judge will settle once and for all the fate of his still-lucrative musical legacy. On Monday, a trial gets under way in Davidson County Probate Court to decide the proper division of the income from Reeves’ royalties — which Keep Reading…
