Posts tagged wrongful death

• Suing the Corporate Defendant and "Hidden" Evidence

  Bruce Bierhans | April 17, 2010 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Last weeks Mass. Lawyers Weekly reported on a recent 142mill verdict against Pfizer arising out of the company's promotion of off label use of Neurontin. The case was brought under the Racketeer...

• Managed Competition and Your Personal Injury Coverage

  Bruce Bierhans | May 29, 2009 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With Managed Competition now here in Mass; and liability carrier commercials flooding the airwaves, I thought a little motor vehicle insurance primer was in order. In this economy, I find that many...

• Managed Competition and Your Liability Coverage

  Bruce Bierhans | May 29, 2009 11:08 AM | 1 CommentCape Cod, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With Managed Competition now here in Mass; and liability carrier commercials flooding the airwaves, I thought a little motor vehicle insurance primer was in order. In this economy, I find that many...

• Hemophilia and AIDS: William Modestino, Jr. Tribute to a Son

  Bruce Bierhans | May 08, 2009 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As I read the corporate blather this month about tort reform, I am reminded of a case I tried in May and June of 2001. It was about Bill Modestino, Jr. a courageous young man and hemophiliac that...

• Car Accidents/The Strategy of the Opposing Adjuster

  Bruce Bierhans | March 31, 2009 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We read daily about car accidents. All of these accidents, those that are serious with serious injuries, as well as those that are not so serious, have one thing in common. The minute an adjuster...

• Woman Killed in MBTA Escalator Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 24, 2009 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  An elderly woman, 82, died after becoming stuck in an escalator in a subway station. Helen Jackson was leaving the State Street Station at 10 a.m. when she fell and her clothes became stuck in...

• Nursing Home Ratings

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Believe me...when I wrote my last post on Nursing Homes in my Cape Cod Barrister blog on Cape Cod Today, I had no idea that nursing home grading would be the headline story in the Cape Cod Times...

• Nursing Home Ratings

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:40 PM | 1 CommentCape Cod, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Believe me...when I wrote my last post on Nursing Homes in my Cape Cod Barrister blog on CapeCod Today, I had no idea that nursing home grading would be the headline story in the Cape Cod Times just...

• Nursing Home Neglect

  Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes. We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...

• Nursing Home Neglect

  Bruce Bierhans | December 04, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  We are seeing an increase in calls from individuals complaining about the care and treatment received by family members in nursing homes. We are hearing horror stories about bedsores, falls, broken...