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AHLBORN v. ARK. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV.

Government Benefits, Health Law
The federal Medicaid statutes, which provide for the assignment of rights to third-party payments, but prohibit placing a lien on a Medicaid...

GULLEY v. SAHARA COAL TRUST

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit for disability benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, recovery is precluded where plaintiff-coal miner was forced to stop working due...

ST. ELIZABETH'S MED. CTR. v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Defendant's decision that plaintiff-medical center is not entitled to an exemption from limitations on Medicare reimbursements to a new skilled...

FAST v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed over her challenge that the Administrative Law Judge erred when he...

LANGSTON v. OFFICE OF PERS. MGMT.

Education Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's survivor annuity benefits is reversed where the Merit Systems Protection Board misinterpreted the meaning of the term "in...

HACKETT v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for Social Security disability benefits is reversed where the administrative law judge failed to reconcile a...

BLUE CROSS v. CRUZ

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit for reimbursement of health benefits, the district court erred in granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter...

BOILES v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for Supplemental Security Income is vacated where the administrative law judge did not adequately support his...

THOMAS v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The Veterans' Judicial Review Act does not deprive a district court of jurisdiction over an action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act by...

SCHMIDT v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for disability benefits is affirmed over his claims that he was denied the opportunity 1) to be represented by counsel and...