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St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Ctrs. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB finding that a hospital-owner interfered with the right of the hospital nurses to organize and discriminated against...

Med. Liab. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Alan Curtis LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment regarding its duties to defend and indemnify defendants against claims in an...

Hamilton v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying claimant Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income is affirmed where: 1) the record as a whole...

In Re Alaka W.

Family Law, Health Law
Order for involuntary admission and involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs is reversed and the matter remanded where the state: 1) failed to...

Warren v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment that a shipping company discriminated against an employee on the basis of a disability in violation of the Maine Human Rights Act is affirmed...

Doe v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
In a veteran's action alleging that defendant-physician improperly revealed private medical and personal information, particularly his HIV positive...

Day v. James Marine, Inc.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A ruling finding that a portion of the attorney's fees petitioner incurred in seeking workers' compensation did not shift to his employer under the...

Florida Hosp. Waterman, Inc. v. Buster

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Article X, section 25 of the Florida Constitution, a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2004 and known as amendment 7, the Patients' Right to Know...

Draper v. Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys.

Education Law, Health Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it awarded a student who is disabled placement in a private school as compensation for violations...

Savitz v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals denying claimant an earlier effective date for service connection for a foot condition is reversed and...