all - Opinion Summaries

CELAYA v. HALTER

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In denying an application for supplemental security and disability benefits, the administrative law judge did not meet his obligation to develop the...

KROHE v. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under section 10(a) of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, the phrase "catastrophic injury" is synonymous with an injury resulting in a...

BENTON v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In finding that a Social Security Disability Insurance claimant was not mentally disabled, the Administrative Law Judge misapplied 20 C.F.R. section...

BLAKES v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The administrative law judge failed to apply the proper legal standard in considering a minor's application for Social Security Income disability...

DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS v. PEABODY COAL CO.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The ALJ and the Benefits Review Board lack jurisdiction over an action for reimbursement from a former employer for survivor-benefit payments made by...

OLSZEWSKI v. SCRIPPS HEALTH

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
Federal Medicaid law preempts California's provider lien statutes, Welf. & Inst. Code section 14124.791, but the trial court properly dismissed on...

ANGEL v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act is reversed where the ALJ erred by...

CARE CHOICES HMO v. ENGSTROM

Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
42 U.S.C. section 1395mm(e)(4), which provides that Medicare-substitute HMOs are permitted to seek reimbursement when an insured receives benefits...

ARTZ v. BARNHART

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
Plaintiff's disability benefits for a 14-month period, during which he was involuntarily confined in psychiatric institutions at public expense, were...

ENCARNACION v.BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an action for benefits under the federal Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program, 42 U.S.C. sections 1381?1383f...