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Med. Assurance Co., Inc. v. Hellman

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
District court's order issuing a stay of federal proceedings in an insurer's request for declaratory judgment, claiming that it no longer has a duty...

Ringwald v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), summary...

Kobus v. Coll. of St. Scholastica, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against plaintiff's former employer, alleging that his forced resignation interfered with or denied his rights under the Family Medical...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Fairbrook Med. Clinic, P.A.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) suit on behalf of plaintiff-doctor against her former employer for creating a hostile work...

Hill v. Schofield

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where Georgia's requirement of proof of mental retardation beyond a...

Jennifer Matthew Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a petition for review of a ruling by the Appeals Board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services affirming the decision of an...

Action Alliance of Senior Citizens v. Sebelius

Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action seeking to retain plaintiffs' mistaken refunds of their Medicare premiums, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the Social Security...

Martinez v. Cui

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a first-year medical resident claiming that she was sexually assaulted during an examination, judgment in favor of the...

Price v. Wolford

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA)'s appeal from the district court's order allotting part of a malpractice settlement to OHCA in full...

US v. Joshua

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Military Law, Sentencing
Dismissal of the government's petition for civil commitment of respondent under 18 U.S.C. section 4248 after the attorney general certified him as...