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County of Nassau v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Denial of a preliminary injunction for defendants' alleged violation of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, arising from a...

Rodriguez v. Blue Cross of California

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of a petition to compel arbitration is affirmed where arbitration provisions in an enrollment form of a health care service plan failed to...

Unruh-Haxton v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action instituted by patients who received fertility treatments from doctors in the late 1980's wherein several news sources in 1995 reported...

People v. Litmon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
A retroactive order of commitment against defendant under the new provisions of Sexually Violent Predator Act after denying defendant's motion to...

Sewell Coal Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In proceedings arising from a claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the BLBA), an order of the Benefits Review Board affirming an...

Salamon v. Our Lady of Victory Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against employer alleging sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII and New York Human Rights Law, grant of summary judgment for...

Benzman v. Whitman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
An order denying in part and granting in part defendants' motions to dismiss claims for damages against former EPA administrator, and for other relief...

Stalley v. Orlando Reg'l Healthcare Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Remedies
In an appeal concerning whether a plaintiff who alleges no injury to himself has standing to bring a qui tam action for damages under the Medicare...

Morales v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficencia

Government Contracts, Health Law
Under Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), an individual can come to the emergency department for EMTALA purposes without...

Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass'n v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law
In a suit to block a DC law that would require pharmacy benefit managers to act as fiduciaries, to disclose the content of their contracts with...