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Watanabe v. California Physicans' Serv.

Contracts, Health Law
In a case alleging breach of a a health care service plan contract, the trial court correctly instructed the jury that Appellant's service plan is not...

Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
District court correctly ruled that the patent for Plavix, a drug used to treat or prevent blood-thrombotic events, is valid. Appellee's reference...

Protocols, LLC v. Leavitt

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In a declaratory-judgment action brought by a company and law firm that provide consulting services for the settlement of workers' compensation...

Cowan v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for social security disability insurance benefits is affirmed where the decision of the ALJ was supported by substantial...

Marley v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The statute of limitations in section 2401(b) of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. section 2401(b), is jurisdictional. Thus, equitable...

US v. AMC Entm't, Inc.

Civil Rights, Entertainment Law, Health Law, Media Law
In an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seeking to require AMC to provide "full and equal enjoyment" to disabled moviegoers in...

Kellogg v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming plaintiff was wrongly denied accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan regulated by...

King v. City of Madison

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging failure to accommodate in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, summary judgment for...

LeVine v. Roebuck

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that a correctional officer and two prison nurses violated plaintiff's Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights by...

McKnight v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Disabled former employees do not have standing under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to bring suit against their former employers...