all - Opinion Summaries

Kyle v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
District court's affirmance of ALJ's determination that claimant was not disabled for Social Security purposes is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ's factual...

Kenseth v. Dean Health Plan, Inc.

Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, ERISA
In plaintiff's suit against her HMO pursuant to ERISA, arising from the denial of coverage for a surgical procedure to resolve the severe acid reflux...

Kemp v. Holder

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act arising from the termination of plaintiff's...

Sherley v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by medical researchers challenging newly promulgated guidelines authorizing the National Institutes of Health to fund more research...

Claiborne-Hughes Health Ctr. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions
The Appellate Division of the Departmental Appeals Board's (DAB) affirmance of the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'...

Durakovic v. Bldg. Serv. 32 BJ Pension Fund

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA challenge to a union disability-benefits denial, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where: 1) a fund organized pursuant to 29 U.S.C....

Shaw v. Sec'y of Human & Health Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In an appeal of a Special Master's decision to award plaintiff's undisputed portion of his request for interim attorneys' fees and costs and deferring...

Narotzky v. Natrona Cty. Mem. Hosp. Bd. of Trustees

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by doctors against their former hospital employer, stating a procedural due process claim based on a theory of constructive discharge and...

Hawaii Stevedores, Inc. v. Ogawa

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirming an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) grant of disability benefits...

Winnett v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal brought by Caterpillar from the district court's decision preliminarily enjoining the company to provide a subclass of 275...