Health Care Provider Law

Internal and External Investigations - Drug Overdoses: One of our lawyers led an internal investigation established by its Board of Trustees concerning the drug overdose of two patients. The investigation resulted in a 60-page report, which re-shaped the entire organization. Our lawyers also led the team that responded to external investigations stemming from the same incident. Those investigations ultimately resulted in accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) with "Commendation" as well as a "deficiency free survey" from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)

Business Interference: Successfully defended Brockton Hospital against physician group in claims that Medicare cases were improperly taken from another physician group.

Removal of Physician: Defended Children's Hospital against a physician scientist at an internal administrative hearing before a panel of physicians.

Disability Discrimination: Obtained a no probable cause finding on a claim against a hospital that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not reasonably accommodating a worker who was out on Workers' Compensation.

Sexual Harassment: Negotiated favorable settlement and dismissal for major Boston hospital in sexual harassment suit.

Gender/National Origin Discrimination: Defending Tufts-New England Medical Center and several physicians against terminated resident's claims for discrimination based on gender and national origin.

Age Discrimination: Successfully resolved a lawsuit brought against a hospital by six nursing leaders claiming that their jobs were eliminated for age bias, and not for legitimate business reasons.

Disability Discrimination: Successfully defended a hospital client against claims asserted by employee alleging disability discrimination and a failure to provide reasonable accommodation.

Accommodation and Disability Discrimination: Won summary judgment for Faulkner Hospital in disability discrimination suit.

Sex and Race Discrimination: Defended a national health care system and a local nursing home against claims that their nursing directors were terminated for race and gender bias. Obtained dismissal of both matters at the MCAD and the Superior Court.

Disability Discrimination and Workers' Compensation: Successfully defended Cooley Dickinson Hospital in a case of first impression involving the interaction of claims for workers' compensation with a request for reasonable accommodation for disabilities. The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the lower court's award of summary judgment in hospital's favor.

Sexual Harassment and Protection of Witnesses: Successfully defended employer who had terminated plaintiff for repeatedly harassing female coworkers. Successfully thwarted attempts by plaintiff to identify witnesses upon whom employer had relied in deciding to terminate him.