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Amber-Messick v. US

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by the mother of a fourteen-year old "apprentice firefighter" with a fire department following his death in a traffic accident, a...

Healey v. Rovner

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In case involving class action suit filed on behalf of home-bound Medicare beneficiaries who rely on Medicare coverage for various in-home services...

Giles v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
District court affirmation of ALJ's decision to terminate disability benefits for a minor is reversed and remanded where the ALJ did not base the...

Smith v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of disability insurance benefits to claimant by the Social Security Administration is affirmed over her claims that the decision neither...

Hartman v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
The notice requirement of 38 U.S.C. section 5103(a) does not apply when a veteran files an appeal to the Board of Veterans Appeals from an initial...

Haga v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of a claim for supplemental security income benefits is remanded for further consideration where an ALJ should have explained why he rejected...

Roberson v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income to claimant suffering from bipolar disorder is...

Nicola v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act is reversed and remanded where an ALJ erred in...

Binder & Binder PC v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In case where plaintiff law firm sought to declare invalid defendant's demand for the return of legal fees awarded to pay for law firm's...

Siaperas v. Montana State Comp. Ins. Fund

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal arising from decisions off-setting a claimant's workers' compensation benefits after her receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance...