With so many Massachusetts nursing homes to choose from, selecting the one that is the right fit for your loved one can be a daunting task. Our Boston injury lawyers want to remind you that this is a very important decision. Unfortunately, because Massachusetts nursing home neglect and abuse continue…
In his whistleblower fraud lawsuit, Michael Rehfeldt, a former Vitas Healthcare Corp. manager, accuses the hospice care chain of defrauding the US government. Vitas is a unit of Chemed Corp. Rehfeldt claims that Vitas and health insurers enrolled patients that weren’t fatally ill in Medicare. He is alleging fraudulent billing…
According to a recent study, there are four kinds of medications that are most commonly linked to adverse reactions that end up sending about 100,000 elderly persons to the emergency room each year. These medications are the blood thinner warfarin, insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents, and antiplatelet drugs. Meantime, meds considered…
A 21-year-old man sustained third- and second- degree burns in a Springfield, MA injury accident involving a leaf blower and a lit cigarette. Javier Rivera was reportedly using the machine when gas spilled onto his arm while it was being refueled. At the time, Rivera and another man were using…
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D, Mont.) and Senator Charles Grassley (R, Iowa) of the Senate Judiciary Committee are looking at whether insurers’ practice of directing tests to specific labs in return for payments or discounts from the labs violate federal anti-kickback laws. This practice is known as “pull…
A 30-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed on Saturday during a tailgating incident at the Harvard-Yale football game. The truck accident happened as the driver of a U-Haul truck sped up through the area where people were hanging out, striking the victim and two other women a couple of hours before…
Just in time for the holidays World Against Toys Causing Harm, which is based in Boston, has put out its list of 10 worst kids’ toys. The products that made this year’s top 10 include: Twist ‘n Sort by Guidecraft, Inc.: Small pieces pose a choking hazard to young kids.…
A former Boca Raton Regional Hospital has filed a whistleblower complaint accusing the facility’s administrators of purposely using the wrong billing code to defraud Medicare of at least $2M. This was allegedly an attempt to get more government money for treating patients with heart problems. For now, the US Justice…
A case of fortuitous timing has prompted state’s highest court to allow a woman who broke her foot when she slipped in an icy parking lot at a McDonald’s to proceed with her Massachusetts slip and fall lawsuit. Mercilla Lindor was injured in 2007. In her Massachusetts injury lawsuit, she…
Maury Paulino is suing the city of Boston and four of its police officers for Massachusetts police brutality. He recently filed his federal lawsuit in US District Court. Paulino, then 19, contends that the cops beat him in November 2009 because he had used his cell phone to record them…