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San Diego County Health & Human Serv. Agency v. Deidre B.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a petition by a County Public Conservator to reestablish a conservatorship of an individual under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act on the...

Morrison v. New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on plaintiff's detention at a hospital based on a finding by hospital staff that there was reasonable cause...

American Home Assur. Co. v. Pope

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it was not liable under a professional liability insurance policy for the acts of a psychologist...

District of Columbia v. Straus

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act seeking attorney's fees from a lawyer who, on behalf of a special needs student,...

Weinstat v. Dentsply Int'l Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' class action lawsuit against a manufacturer of certain device used by dentists under the unfair competition law (UCL) and for breach of...

Wyeth & Elan Pharma Int'l Ltd.v. Kappos

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case involving plaintiffs' patent applications involving inventions that treat Alzheimer's disease, district court's ruling that plaintiffs were...

C.N. v. Willmar Pub. Schs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 based on the alleged maltreatment of an autistic...

Allied Orthopedic Apps. Inc. v. Tyco Health Care Group LP

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an antitrust action claiming that plaintiffs overpaid for defendant's pulse oximetry sensors because defendant used improper marketing agreements...

Stewart v. St. Elizabeth's Hosp. & Dist. of Colum. Dept. of Mental Health

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Rehabilitation Act action claiming that defendant-hospital failed to accommodate her disability by refusing her request for a transfer to a...

Capone v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking disability benefits from an insurer, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) even if plaintiff's dive off a...