A hotel management company was recently forced to pay a worker $22,225 in back wages and compensatory damages after he was terminated for voicing workplace safety concerns. The employee, who worked at the True North Devens Conference Center, filed a whistleblower complaint with OSHA after he was subjected to disciplinary…
The US Department of Justice and 55 hospitals have reached a $34M Medicare fraud settlement accusing 55 hospitals in 21 states of engaging in making false claims for kyphoplasty procedures. The allegations were brought under the False Claims Act by whistleblowers, who will receive about $5.5 million from the settlements…
The search for answers continue, as the passengers that survived Asiana Airlines Flight 214 when the airplane crashed in Northern California on Saturday go on with their efforts to recover from the physical and/or emotional injuries that they sustained. Two teens were killed and over 180 were injured when the…
The National Weather Service is reporting that the season’s second heat wave is here. In Eastern Massachusetts, a heat advisory continues today with temperatures in Boston striking 90 degrees as early as mid-morning, possible hitting 96 degrees, with the hot weather expected to continue through the weekend. When temperatures are…
A Vermont woman, who was paralyzed during a car accident six years ago, was awarded $43.1 million by a jury last week in a case against car seat manufacturer, Johnson Controls, Inc. Dzemilia Heco, 51, was left quadriplegic when the 2000 Dodge Neon she was driving was rear-ended in August,…
The Quincy Medical Center psychiatry unit has been cited after state inspectors found filthy conditions and evidence of patient neglect during a surprise visit last month. Regulators had received a series of complaints of patients being ignored, left unattended, and being left in bed without bed linens and only wearing…
A Boston Red Sox fan who was harassed and stabbed by a New York Yankees fan at a restaurant in 2010, has been awarded $4.3 million by a jury. The New Haven jury reached its verdict on Thursday, siding with the victim Monte Freire, and against the U.S.S. Chowder Pot…
A recent article in The New York Times talks about how hand-hygiene can be a challenge for some hospital workers. This is cause for concern, seeing as the number of incidents involving superbugs resistant to drugs is growing in number. While some bugs and infections can’t be prevented, there are…
Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots tight end, is the defendant of a personal injury lawsuit accusing him of shooting a man in the face at a strip club out of state. The altercation purportedly took place in February 2013 while the two men were riding the same vehicle after…
A Maine toddler who was found floating face-down in his family’s swimming pool last Thursday is slowly improving. Cody Campbell, 2, was unresponsive when he was pulled from the above-ground pool by his mother. He had a pulse, but no brain activity at the time of the accident according to…