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Lone Star OB/GYN Assocs. v. Aetna Health Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action alleging underpayment of health insurance proceeds to a service provider, an order remanding the case is vacated where plaintiff was not...

Harris v. United Auto. Ins. Grp., Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking to reinstate plaintiff's health insurance benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where 26 C.F.R. section 54.4980B-8,...

Pueschel v. Peters

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging interference with plaintiff's application for workers' compensation benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Scott v. Ambani

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging medical negligence by physicians who treated a prisoner, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where plaintiff's...

Lanell Eskridge v. Cook County

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, denial of plaintiffs' motion for relief from a voluntary dismissal order under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) is affirmed...

George v. Bay Area Rapid Transit

Health Law, Transportation
In an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act against a public transit authority for failure to accommodate sight-impaired passengers,...

Gambill v. Shinseki

Health Law, Military Law
In a dispute over a denial of disability benefits, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judgment is affirmed where the absence of a right to...

Sims v. Shinseki

Health Law, Military Law
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judgment denying claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is affirmed where: 1) the...

Diaz v. Comm'r of Social Security

Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the ALJ...

Cushman v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a dispute involving a veteran's service-connected disability claim, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judgment is reversed where: 1) a veteran...