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Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments, district court judgment finding no right of action under the...

Kramer v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action against an insurer for wrongful termination of longterm disability benefits, judgment for Defendant is reversed where the record...

Roberts v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action against a public-entity health-care provider, trial court judgment is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs must comply with both the...

Young v. Memorial Hermann Hosp. Sys.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action against a hospital for allegedly improper treatment of a stroke, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where Plaintiffs...

Chapman v. Pier One Imports (U.S.) Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action alleging failure to provide restroom accommodations in Defendant's store, summary judgment for Defendant...

Amberman v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In an action involving the appropriate disability rating for a veteran, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' judgment upholding the finding that...

DeBartolo v. HealthSouth Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a federal action claiming breach of the Anti-Kickback Act, district court order dismissing the case for failure to state a claim is vacated where...

Lonberg v. Riverside

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action against a city for failure to accommodate Plaintiff's disability, an injunction in favor of...

Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Herring

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
In a challenge to a restriction on late-term abortions, summary judgment for Plaintiff is reversed where: 1) the hypothetical situation posited by...

Bazakos v. Lewis

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure
In a medical negligence action, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where the applicable statute of limitations was two and one-half years,...