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Gunderson v. US Dept. of Labor

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs' decision that petitioner was not entitled to benefits under the Black Lung...

Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Cox

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision affirming an ALJ's award of benefits and attorney's fees under the Black Lung Benefits Act is affirmed in part,...

Wise v. Verizon Comms., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action based on the termination of plaintiff's disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiff did...

Colwell v. Rite Aid Corp.

Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming constructive discharge based on plaintiff's partial blindness, summary judgment for...

Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Superior Court

Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the Regents of the University of California for negligence because of alleged wrongdoing and mishandling of donated bodies by the...

Yorkey v. Diab

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal involving patent and patent application claiming inventions for measuring the concentration of oxygen in blood, a decision of the Board...

Gratzl v. Office of the Chief Judges

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming that defendants failed to accommodate plaintiff's disability, summary judgment for...

Riverview Health Inst. v. Med. Mut. of Ohio

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by out-of-network providers of health care services against an insurer and its officers raising claims under the Racketeer...

People v. Dowl

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Conviction of defendant for possession of marijuana for sale is affirmed as a police officer need not qualify as a medical marijuana expert in order...

Guinn v. AstraZeneca Pharms. LLP

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action claiming that plaintiff's use of defendant's prescription drug Seroquel caused her to develop diabetes, summary judgment for defendant is...