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People v. Rish

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
An order recommitting defendant to the California Department of Mental Health for treatment as a mentally disordered offender is affirmed where: 1)...

Gribben v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action against UPS alleging disability discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), summary...

Elder v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), based on a claim that plaintiff's fibromyalgia rendered her...

McCarty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to receive disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, an appeal from a decision affirming a denial of benefits is...

Johnson v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of a claim for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act is affirmed where: 1) the ALJ conducted an exhaustive...

Leland v. Brandal

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of health care liability claims and Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 74.351(c), when elements of a timely filed expert report...

Natural Answers, Inc. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Trade Secrets, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving claims against defendants for the advertisement of certain health products, summary judgment for defendants...

In the Matter of Giaquinto v. Comm'r of New York Dep't of Health

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an appeal presenting the issue of whether a party in a health care related matter was entitled to recover attorney's fee from the commissioner of...

Wilson v. Murillo

Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lawsuit brought by a disabled-plaintiff claiming that he was refused service, ridiculed, and harassed by restaurant-defendant in retaliation for...

Burden v. Johnson & Johnson Med.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action involving latex gloves, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded where: 1)...