Shut Down, Two Days Into Hearings

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.

El Paso, TX – Why would the state go to extraordinary lengths to stop an El Paso judge and lawyer from uncovering abuse of the elderly and incapacitated? Perhaps a history lesson is in order.

Two years ago, El Paso County Probate Judge Max Higgs and lawyer Terry Hammond made national news after uncovering a system in which frail and elderly El Pasoans suffered abuse, neglect, and exploitation even after investigations by Texas Adult Protective Services, a division of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHSC).

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