Jury awards $2.5M to widow in false elder abuse case

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Jury awards $2.5M to widow in false elder abuse case


By Bill Hetherman Copley News Service
Posted: 05/25/2011 07:05:02 PM PDTUpdated: 05/26/2011 01:12:28 PM PDT

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $2.5 million Wednesday to a widow who alleged her mentally impaired spouse was removed from her care based on lies motivated by greed.

Jurors deliberated nine days before finding in favor of Robin Rodriguez, who maintained that Robert Acciani, a former deputy city attorney in Torrance, used his influence with law enforcement to build a false case of financial and elder abuse against her. Acciani, who retired from full-time employment with the city, still prosecutes cases on a contract basis.

The jury found a conspiracy existed to inflict emotional distress upon Robin Rodriguez and to commit trespass.

Robin Rodriguez wept as the verdict was announced in her favor. She later joined her attorneys to thank jurors in the hallway.

Her suit alleged that Acciani and his wife helped remove Rami Rodriguez from his Rolling Hills Estates home after he developed dementia, prompting Robin Rodriguez to wage a lengthy court battle to get him back, which she did some 15 months later in January 2005.

The 49-year-old plaintiff said her husband's family took advantage of his mental state to drive a wedge between the couple - all part of a plan to prevent her from inheriting millions of dollars they expected to inherit themselves.

Acciani's wife, Dorothy Acciani, also was named a defendant. Rami Rodriguez was her uncle.

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Editor's Note:  There is a case in the Probate Court of Cook County in the Courtroom of Judge Lynne Kowamoto that is eerily similar to the case above.  The GAL referred a big law firm to represent a   granddaughter who was a "mentally disabled person".  The GAL and the court removed the legitimate guardian (the daughter) as guardian of her 99 year old disabled mother and replaced her with the "mentally disabled person".  The court parasites and vultures then "churned" the estate worth one million dollars to zero in three years. They are now in the process of guardianizing the granddaughter who is a "mentally disabled person" and grabbing a $150,000 life insurance policy payable to the "mentally disabled person".  In essence, the granddaughter is being victimized twice, first by losing her share of a million dollar estate and now having her insurance policy money possibly stolen from her.  Just another day in the Probate Court of Cook County.  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com