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Berry v. Peterman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a nurse, a doctor and jail administrator for violating his Eighth Amendment right for refusing to...

US v. Lazar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
In a prosecution of a pediatric doctor for health care fraud and related crimes, district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence...

Borges v. Serano-Isern

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiffs' medical malpractice suit against a doctor and a hospital, claiming that the doctor's negligence in his delay in calling for and...

Hui v. Castaneda

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action raising medical negligence claims against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and the Bivens doctrine, a denial of...

Edison v. Douberly

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by a prisoner alleging violations of the American With Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the term...

Baptist Mem. Hosp. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In two hospitals' petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reopen final Medicare reimbursement...

Plata v. Schwarzenegger

Government Law, Health Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a class action challenge deficiencies in prison medical care that allegedly violated the Eighth Amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

Arizona v. Harkins Amusement Enters.

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming discriminatory accommodations at defendant's movie theaters, dismissal of the action is...

CMRE Fin. Serv. Inc. v. Parton

Debt Collection, Family Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's action against a husband and wife for hospital and medical fees, plus interest and attorney fees, judgment of the trial court is...

Palmyra Park Hosp. Inc. v. Phoebe Putney Mem. Hosp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action by a hospital claiming that defendant-hospital leveraged a state-granted monopoly in certain medical services to tie favorable insurance...