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US v. Caputo

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
Convictions on charges related to the sale of an unapproved medical device are affirmed where: 1) a larger version of a previously approved device was...

Dewitt v. Proctor Hosp.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a hospital alleging multiple forms of discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in part where:...

Bies v. Bagley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a criminal case, collateral estoppel may only be invoked by the accused. Grant of habeas relief vacating petitioner's sentence of death, and...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action against health insurance plans alleging violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for defendants is...

Baird v. Dep't of the Army

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision sustaining petitioner's removal from her position as a psychiatric nursing assistant at an Army hospital is vacated where an administrative...

Lessard v. Wilton-Lyndeborough Coop. Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Health Law
In suit against a school district under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...

Levy v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over disability insurance coverage, summary judgment in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where the illness resulting from a past...

Canister v. Emergency Ambulance Serv.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case where plaintiff-police officer was injured while accompanying an arrestee in the back of defendant's ambulance when it hit a curb, defense...

Alba v. Montford

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
A federal prisoner incarcerated in a privately operated prison may not pursue a Bivens action against employees of the private prison for allegedly...

Tubergen v. St. Vincent Hosp. & Health Care Ctr., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a physician alleging that defendant fired him because of his age, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...