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Edwards LifeSci. LLC v. Cook Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case involving intraluminal grafts for treating aneurysms and occlusive diseases, district court's grant of summary judgment...

Caiozzo v. Koreman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the...

Hernandez v. Coffey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner alleging that he was beaten by defendant corrections officers and denied medical treatment by...

Black v. Long Term Disability Ins.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the underwriter of her benefits plan under ERISA for denial of long-term disability benefits, district court's grant of...

Davidson v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' (Veterans Court) decision finding that claimant's husband did not die from a service-connected...

Anna Jaques Hosp. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action claiming that the Secretary of Health and Human Services improperly excluded the labor costs of certain types of hospitals from her...

Thompson v. Bell

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In habeas proceedings arising from petitioner's capital murder conviction, district court's denial of relief is affirmed in part and reversed in part...

Hennagir v. Utah Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action based on plaintiff's inability to complete a physical safety training program adopted by her employer,...

Marin Gen'l. Hosp. v. Modesto & Empire Traction Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking payments under a disability insurance plan, the dismissal of the complaint on ERISA preemption grounds is reversed where 29...

US v. Lovern

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a prosecution against pharmacy employees for dispensing unlawful controlled substances, one defendant's conviction is affirmed where: 1) Gonzales...