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• Public Employees and Accountability

  Bruce Bierhans | August 23, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Our office recently took on the representation of a Harwich High School student that sustained serious injuries during an unchaperoned event that took place on high school property. A claim has been...

• Couple Suing Over Slip-and-Fall at Grocery Store

  Chrissie Cole | August 28, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A woman injured in a slip-and-fall accident at the local grocery store, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the store. The lawsuit was filed on August 21, in Kanawha Circuit Court, against Save-A-Lot.The suit claims that on December 10, 2005, the woman was in the Cedar Grove store when she slipped and fell on a "wet, slippery substance which was not immediately visible to the naked eye...

• Woman Suing Planned Parenthood Over Failed Abortion

  Christina Cole | March 07, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A Boston woman is suing Planned Parenthood and two doctors in a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleges they failed to terminate her pregnancy. In March 2004, she found out she was pregnant and for financial reasons, had decided an abortion was the right decision.A Planned Parenthood doctor botched the procedure, leaving her still pregnant. The lawsuit states a doctor at Boston Medical Center...

• Starbucks Coffee Cups Recalled for Burn Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | December 06, 2007 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Starbucks, in cooperation with CPSC, announced a voluntary nationwide recall of 167,000 fusion coffee mugs. The plastic handles can detach from the body of the mug when filled with hot liquids, posing a burn hazard.23 injuries have been reported to Starbucks due to the handles detaching. Nine of the 23 people injured suffered minor burns.This recall involves two styles of Starbucks 14-ounce...

• High-tech MRIs - Helpful or Unnecessary?

  Carrie Strasser | August 18, 2009 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Last week, Time magazine reported that women who are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and who rely on results from high-tech MRIs, usually choose more aggressive and sometimes unnecessary...

• Fatal Train Crash Caused by Human Error

  Jenny Albano | March 19, 2008 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  A crash that occurred last year was found to be caused by human error and failure to follow safety procedures by the National Transportation Safety Board. The collision of a commuter train and a maintenance truck took the lives of two track workers in Woburn.The crash occurred on Jan. 9, 2007, when the engineer of southbound Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Train 322 received a clear signal...

• Medical Identity Theft - You May Already Be a Victim

  Carrie Strasser | June 16, 2009 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On Saturday, the New York Times reported on a rapidly-growing form of fraud known as medical identity theft. In 2007, federal data was collected on medical identity theft and reported that over...

• Hydroxycut Recalled

  Carrie Strasser | May 06, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On Friday, consumers were warned that Hydroxycut, a line of weight-loss products, was responsible for a death due to liver failure and other adverse health events. The company that produces...

• Massachusetts Firefighters Respond to Rollover Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 13, 2007 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  Massachusetts Firefighters, in Newton, responded to a horrible rollover car accident on Route 9 in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton on Wednesday.The assistant Fire Chief arrived on the scene and reported a two vehicle accident with a rollover. One car was traveling on either side of Route 9. A Volkswagen crashed with an SUV while traveling west on Route 9. The impact of the crash sent the...

• The Crime of the 21st Century? Elder Financial Abuse

  Bruce Bierhans | July 16, 2009 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  On the heels of our Harwich elder securites fraud case: Fred Joseph, president of the North American Securites Administrators Association has described elder financial abuse as the crime of the...