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Sutter Health v. Eden Township Healthcare Dist.

Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a motion under Government Code section 970.6, which permits a local public entity to pay a judgment in up to 10 annual installments upon a showing...

Parkview Adventist Med. Center v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
In an important case resting at the intersection of the Bankruptcy Code and Medicare law, involving the efforts of a medical center plaintiff which...

US, ex rel. Escobar v. Universal Health Servs., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Health Law
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, in a qui tam action brought by family of deceased plaintiff, who died of a seizure after receiving mental...

In Re: Nuvasive, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Health Law, Administrative Law
In an appeal arising out of a petition for inter partes review of certain claims of a patent related to spinal fusion implants designed to be inserted...

Brown v. Rawlson-Neal Psychiatric Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law
In an an action arising from plaintiff's discharge from the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, and his subsequent transportation...

Nickerson v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co.

Health Law, Attorney's Fees, Remedies, Insurance Law, Health Law, Attorney's Fees
In a suit brought by a disabled veteran alleging his life insurer breached the insurance contract by failing to pay him benefits for the full 109 days...

Prince George Operating v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law, Administrative Law
In a labor dispute involving nurses seeking to join a union and engage in collective bargaining with their employer and an employer's refusal to...

Bigler-Engler v. Breg, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Product Liability
In a negligence and strict liability action arising from injuries suffered by plaintiff's as a result of her use of a medical device that was...

Maine Medical Center v. Burwell

Insurance Law, Health Law, Administrative Law
In a dispute between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and eight Maine hospitals, involving the 'often surreal' Medicare reimbursement regime...

Humboldt County Adult Protective Services. v. Superior Court

Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Attorney's Fees
In a health law action arising after plaintiff agency sought to revoke defendant husband's written advance care directive, the trial court's denial of...