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Minor v. Astrue

Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving an application for disability insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments, district court judgment is reversed...

Indiana Protection and Advocacy Serv. v. Indiana Family and Social Serv. Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging provisions of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, district court judgment is vacated for...

Lockhart v. MVM, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a disability discrimination and retaliation action brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, trial court's grant of summary...

Botvinick v. Rush Univ. Medical Center

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for tortious interference with plaintiff's expectation of employment, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed...

Conn v. Reno

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a prisoner's suicide, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) a reasonable jury could find...

Helfman v. GE Group Life Assurance Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action seeking disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part where, if an employer contributes to any employee's...

Koval v. Washington County Redevelopment Authority

ERISA, Health Law
In a dispute involving the revocation of a retirement health plan, district court judgment is affirmed where it properly dismissed plaintiff's suit...

Hohider v. UPS

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
District court judgment certifying a class of employees alleging unlawful discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act is reversed where:...

Love v. National City Corp. Welfare Benefits Plan

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

Univ. of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education v. Hedrick

Education Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute involving the differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells, district court judgment finding that defendants were not co-inventors...