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• Man Injured by Falling Granite in Hyannis

  Bruce Bierhans | November 11, 2008 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Cape Cod times reported today that a man was injured by falling granite at a granite store in Hyannis. The man, believed to be a customer rather than an employee, sustained a crushing injury to...

• Discrimination or Lay Offs - What are your rights as a pregnant woman?

  Carrie Strasser | March 27, 2009 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Neither laying off a pregnant woman nor laying off a woman on maternity leave violates federal employment law, reported the New York Times, if the employer cites reasons for the lay off that are...

• Independant Contractor or Employee? The Strippers Ruling

  Bruce Bierhans | August 19, 2009 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The last time you went to an adult entertainment venue (no one reading this blog, I'm sure), did you think the dancers were independant contractors or employees of the venue. What...you weren't...

• A New Focus on Patient-Centered Care

  Carrie Strasser | June 09, 2009 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A recent article in the New York Times discussed a new approach by some doctors toward a more patient-centered approach in an effort to improve the quality of health care. The article included an...

• MGH Temporarily Closes Pediatric Surgery Program

  Carrie Strasser | April 17, 2009 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Boston Globe reported that Massachusetts General Hospital has temporarily stopped its pediatric cardiac surgery program. This comes after two babies suffered serious complications, one...

• Nursing Homes and Caregivers

  Bruce Bierhans | January 06, 2008 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A client comes into the office and says, "my 85 year old mother just died in the nursing home after falling out of her wheelchair 7 times."We hear this horrible story, and others like it, all the time. Residents die from infected bedsores. Residents that are clearly patients "at risk for falls" never have fall risk assesments and die after repeated falls. After falls, broken bones are neglected....

• Reverse Mortgage Abuses

  Bruce Bierhans | October 09, 2009 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  What a surprise! An article in todays SanFran Chronicle reports that reverse mortgages have the potential to spawn another subprime-style financial crisis. This, according to a report released by...

• Our Wii Donation: A New Twist in Wellfleet

  Bruce Bierhans | August 19, 2009 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Our lawfirm was thrilled to have recently donated a Wii gaming device to the Council on Aging and Senior Center in my own beloved community of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. While many contributing...

• Cape Cod Car Accidents and the "IME"....NOT!

  Bruce Bierhans | April 03, 2009 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Do you know what IME stands for? How about Independant Medical Exam. When it comes to car accidents and insurer requested IME's, falser words were never spoken. If you have had a car accident, and...

• Update on Cape Elder Securities Fraud Case

  Bruce Bierhans | July 12, 2009 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1183759 A while back, I wrote about a case involving an 86 year old Harwich woman that was victimized by a financial adviser (so he...