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Fleming v. Yuma Reg. Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for employment discrimination based on plaintiff's disability, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where Section 504 of the...

Couch v. Bd. of Trustees of Mem. Hosp. of Carbon County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant-hospital board deprived plaintiff-physician of his First Amendment right of free speech...

Brown v. J.B. Hunt Transp. Servs., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action based on the discontinuation of plaintiff's long-term disability (LTD) benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part...

Langhorne v. Sup. Ct.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Petitions for writ of mandate challenging trial court's denial of petitioners' motions to dismiss recommitment petitions, brought after the trial...

Montalvo v. Gonzalez-Amparo

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action alleging malpractice by plaintiff's deceased mother's medical care providers, dismissal of the suit as time-barred is vacated and...

Kovach v. Zurich American Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against an insurance company for denying his claim for dismemberment benefits arising from a drunk-driving motorcycle...

Gelson's Markets, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's decision and award finding the employer liable for discrimination against an industrially injured employee...

Thornton v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's disability discrimination action against his former employer under the ADA, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Kersey v. Wash. Metro. Area Trans. Auth.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a disability discrimination action alleging that defendant transit authority's refusal to promote plaintiff was the consequence of discrimination...

Louie v. BFS Retail & Commercial Operations, LLC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendants for violations of California's Disabled Persons Act (DPA), alleging the countertops in defendant's business...