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Freedman v. Superior Ct. of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action to add a punitive damages claim to plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint, writ of mandate to vacate court's motion to amend is...

Craft v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of a motion to alter or amend a judgment that plaintiff did not qualify for Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits is...

Lucas v. PyraMax Bank, FSB

Banking Law, Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and ERISA alleging illegal demotion, termination, and...

Stubbs-Danielson v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act is affirmed over claims that the ALJ: 1) failed to give any...

Bowie v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a denial of an application for social security disability benefits, summary judgment for the Commissioner of Social Security is...

JPD, Inc. v. Chronimed Holdings, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract dispute involving whether plaintiff was due additional payment from defendant based on a pharmacy's earnings, or lack thereof, denial of...

Hinz v. Neuroscience, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Remedies
In a diversity breach of contract suit wherein a jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs, grant of judgment as a matter of law for defendants on the...

In re Lawrence

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
The California Supreme Court rules that, because the core statutory determination entrusted to the Board of Parole Hearings and the governor is...

McMurtrey v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a pre-AEDPA case, grant of habeas corpus relief in a death penalty case is affirmed where: 1) there was substantial evidence, particularly by the...

Van Vickle v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying claimant's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed over claims that: 1)...