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Shewry v. Wooten

Government Benefits, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action for reimbursement of health care services, trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the court did not ignore the...

Lafleur v. La. Hlth. Servs. & Indemn. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an ERISA action for health insurance benefits, summary judgment for Defendant plan administrator is reversed where Defendant failed to...

Colwell v. Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
The dismissal of Plaintiffs' challenge to a Department of Health and Human Services Policy Guidance is affirmed, where Plaintiffs' suit was unripe...

Ripley v. Wyo. Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on Defendant-Hospital's denial of Plaintiff's admitting privileges, summary judgment for Defendant is...

Equal Access For El Paso Inc. v. Hawkins

Health Law
In a suit alleging that the Texas Medicaid program failed to ensure that Medicaid recipients received reasonably prompt services, the dismissal of the...

Moore v. Williamsburg Regional Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action by a physician against a hospital, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed, where: 1) the Health Care Quality...

Pollitt v. Health Care Serv. Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over health insurance benefits, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claim as being preempted is reversed and remanded where the...

HealthMarkets, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff's motion to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is granted where the mere ownership of a subsidiary does not...

Phillips v. Bramlett

Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action involving physician's liability, trial court judgment against plaintiff in excess of statutory cap is reversed where the exception to the...

Stevens v. US

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit claiming that the U.S. was responsible for delivery of anthrax to Plaintiff's decedent, the action is remanded where the...