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Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare Sys., LP

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action raising civil rights claims under federal and state law brought by a physician asserting that he was discriminated against based on his...

St. Mary's Hosp. of Rochester v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services arising after plaintiff's Medicare-reimbursement-adjustment...

People v. Wilen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
A defendant who has pleaded guilty to controlled substance crimes and who is subject of a petition for recovery of hazardous clean-up expenses has a...

Phillips v. Roane County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In estate representative's action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against various governmental officials alleging that they were deliberately...

Caskey v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination suit brought by a terminated employee, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not produce evidence...

US v. Diekhoff

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
Convictions for kidnapping and gun possession are affirmed where: 1) evidence of defendant's prior kidnapping conviction and the testimony of an...

Pakovich v. Broadspire Servs. Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of long term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants finding that...

Carmickle v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits claimed to be due primarily to a back injury caused by a 2001 on-the-job accident is...

Gil v. Reed

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an inmate's negligence, malpractice, and civil rights suit against prison medical staff, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where the...

Crawley v. Dinwiddie

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
Denial of habeas relief is affirmed where there is no clearly established federal law relevant to petitioner's claim that his counsel was ineffective...