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Sensing v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff established a prima facie case of...

Holcomb v. UNUM Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant's decision to deny plaintiff long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed where...

Wilson v. Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action against doctors at a federally funded health care center, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the Federal...

Mueller v. Rogers

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant-officer wrongfully removed a sick infant from the custody of her parents, summary judgment...

Raybourne v. Cigna Life Ins. Co. of New York

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a denial of long-term disability benefits, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where, although the court properly...

Franklin Memorial Hospital v. Harvey

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging Maine's free care laws and the MaineCare program as uncompensated takings of property, district court judgment is affirmed...

Fischer v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving the termination of long term disability benefits, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Malik v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action against prison administrators for indifference to plaintiff's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) no...

Abington Crest Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action challenging a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny plaintiff nursing facilities reimbursement for certain bad...

Ecker v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
District court judgment ordering that plaintiff be conditionally released from federal custody and transferred to the custody of the Commonwealth of...