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Johnson v. Cenac Towing Inc.

Admiralty, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit arising from injuries sustained by plaintiff while working as a seaman for defendant, judgment and damages for plaintiff are vacated and...

Miller v. Estate of Wladyslaw

Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a suit by a hospital seeking to recover fees for emergency medical care rendered to the victim of a car accident, summary judgment for...

People v. Slattery

Criminal Law & Procedure, Elder Law, Health Law, Sentencing
Sentence of time in state prison and payment of restitution to the hospital that treated defendant's mother, for elder abuse, is stricken where the...

Satchmed Plaza Owners Assoc. v. UWMC Hospital

Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property dispute, trial court decision holding that defendant was not required to offer plaintiff the right to purchase an assignment of 12...

Brown v. Cassens Transp. Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging that defendants employed mail and wire fraud in a scheme to deny plaintiffs worker's compensation benefits under the Michigan...

Mangano v. Verity, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a claim of discrimination based on a perceived disability in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), summary judgment...

Emerald Shores Health Care Assocs. v. US Dept. of Health and Human Svcs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Petition to review decision by the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) to impose a civil monetary penalty for failing to maintain an effective pest...

Orth v. Wisconsin State Employees Union, Council 24

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA and the Taft-Hartley Act alleging that defendants violated the provisions of an ERISA plain contained in a collective bargaining...

People v. Bartsch

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Denial of defendant's petition for restoration to sanity pursuant to Penal Code section 102562.2 is affirmed where: 1) the court did not abuse its...

Allen v. Highlands Hosp. Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Although administrative exhaustion is still a statutory prerequisite to maintaining claims brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...