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Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's court vacating an arbitral award on the ground of its excessive size and vacating a punitive damages...

Kluesner v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of petitioner's application for disability insurance benefits and...

Anaya-Burgos v. Lasalvia-Prisco

Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against an oncologist and others, claiming that the death of his wife was the result of defendants' negligent acts and omissions...

Duvall v. Georgia-Pac. Consumer Prods., L.P.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for failure to grant plaintiff a reasonable accommodation, summary judgment for defendant...

TriMed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, summary judgment for defendant of invalidity of the asserted claims of a patent relating to an implantable device used...

People v. Wilkinson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sentencing
Trial court's order to have petitioner committed to the California Department of Developmental Services for placement is reversed where the trial...

Am. Nurses Ass'n v. O'Connrell

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action against the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the California Department of Education (CDE) challenging a portion of a legal...

Walgreen Co. v. City and County of San Francisco

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff-Walgreen's challenge to a San Francisco ordinance banning the sale of tobacco products in certain retail establishments that contain a...

Nielson v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
The final judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims denying petitioner entitlement to Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient dental...

Roberson v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' affirmance of the Board of Veterans' Appeals' decision denying petitioner's claim for death and indemnity...