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Estate of Kievernagel

Contracts, Family Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit by widow for use of her late husband's frozen sperm to attempt to conceive a child despite signed agreement by late husband to discard sperm...

Magyar v. Saint Joseph Reg'l Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging retaliation in violation of Title VII, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed and remanded where: 1) plaintiff...

In Re: Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig.

Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action to claim payments from a settlement trust established as a result of a class-action suit over the drugs fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine,...

Jones v. Mountaire Corp. Long Term Disability Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from a denial of plaintiff's claim for long term disability benefits under an employer-provided plan, a ruling awarding...

Talley v. Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against plaintiff's former employer raising claims of discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Ohio's...

Lewis v. Quarterman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
In a habeas corpus case based on the prohibition against capital punishment for mentally retarded defendants, determination that defendant had failed...

Dornbirer v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an arbitration over a health insurance claim, arbitration award in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where the arbitrator's disclosure was...

Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Townsend

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a university's suit claiming that defendants misappropriated plaintiff's rights and interests in a type of medical-scanning technology that the...

US v. Boesen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud, convictions, sentence enhancements, and an order of restitution are...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Care Plan of Georgia v. Gunter

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a claim by plaintiff-Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Care Plan of Georgia seeking reimbursement of insurance benefits paid to defendant from his...