all - Opinion Summaries

Jobe v. Med. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant's denial of plaintiff's claim for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is reversed...

Blakely v. Sup. Ct.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
A petition for a writ of mandate challenging the trial court's order affirming the Board of Parole Hearings' determination that petitioner is a...

Bath Iron Works Corp. v. Fields

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff-employer's claim for disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), the Benefits Review Board's...

Payne v. Peninsula Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by the mother of an autistic student, dismissal of the action is affirmed...

Buck v. Thomas M. Cooley Law Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's lawsuit against her former law school claiming violation of the ADA and breach of various implied contracts, arising from her dismissal...

US v. Livesay

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order committing him to the custody of the Attorney General while expressly leaving open the...

Schexnayder v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant-insurer wrongly denied plaintiff disability benefits, summary judgment on the merits for plaintiff is...

Schaar v. Lehigh Valley Health Servs., Inc.

Evidence, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for violation of the FMLA, summary judgment in favor employer is vacated and remanded as an employee...

Primiano v. Cook

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action against the manufacturer of an artificial elbow, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the exclusion of plaintiff's expert's...

Clos v. Corrections Corp. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action by a prisoner claiming that he suffered disability discrimination related to his severe hearing loss, plaintiff's appeal from partial...