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MCCARTEY v. MASSANARI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
Denial of Social Security Disability benefits was improper where the administrative law judge did not consider a Department of Veteran's Affairs...

NYEHOLT v. SEC'Y OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
An amended portion of the Schedule for Rating Disabilities in 38 C.F.R. section 4.114, addressing disabilities of the liver, does not purport to...

WOLF CREEK COLLIERIES v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAM

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Workers' Compensation
There is no presumption that opinions of treating physicians are correct and controlling under the Administrative Procedure Act, and an Administrative...

LICARI v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
A police officer's due process claims against individual defendants, arising from denial of disability benefits, are barred by res judicata. Claims...

ROACH v. MAIL HANDLERS BENEFIT PLAN

Government Benefits, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
The district court erred in classifying a firefighter's medical malpractice claim as a denial of benefits claim preempted by the Federal Employees...

OAKLAND MED. GROUP, P.C. v. SEC'Y OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERV.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Revocation of certification to perform laboratory testing, rendering a healthcare corporation ineligible to receive Medicare payments, is precluded...

UNEMPLOYMENT INS. APPEAL BD. v. DIV. OF UNEMPLOYMENT INS.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Claimants' status as employees, who are also corporate officers, does not preclude their eligibility for benefits under the Delaware Unemployment...

ROMAN v. CIA

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
The CIA improperly computed a survivor annuity under the Federal Employees- Retirement System where imputed service was used in calculating the...

LIVERMORE v. AMAX COAL CO.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An administrative law judge gave appropriate weight to expert opinions in finding that a miner's death was not caused or contributed to by...

FRAZAR v. GILBERT

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Orders requiring detailed state action, in the administration of a Medicaid program to afford health care to a certified class of indigent children,...