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Burnett v. Southwestern Bell Tele., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against defendant-former employer raising retaliatory discharge claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and ERISA, summary...

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Med. Group, Inc.

Evidence, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent case involving patents for treating difficult-to-heal wounds by applying suction, various trial court rulings are affirmed over claims: 1)...

Abdullahi v. Pfizer

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claiming that defendant-pharmaceutical company violated a customary international norm...

Mathis v. Leavitt

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory action seeking to block the reimbursement of Medicare from a wrongful death settlement, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Conservatorship of Burton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In case regarding appellant-prison inmate's hunger strike based on delusional reasons, grant of doctors' petition to authorize prison administrators...

Boston v. Penny Lane Ctrs.

Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit brought by plaintiff-former employee counselor against defendant-employer group home for juveniles, verdict for...

Tobin v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a remitted jury award to plaintiff based on the failure of defendant-employer to accommodate his disability as required by federal...

Comer v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A ruling holding that veteran had not properly raised the issue of whether he was entitled to an earlier effective date for total disability based on...

A.C. v. Bd. of Educ. of the Chappaqua Cent. Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) seeking reimbursement for plaintiffs' learning-disabled child's...

Wiese v. Astrue

Government Benefits, Health Law
District court order affirming the denial of supplemental security income is affirmed where the ALJ's determination that the applicants' impairments...