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Lindstrom v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the government to enforce a settlement agreement plaintiff reached with the Department of the Interior on his disability...

Cody v. Cox

Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In suit brought by elderly veterans who seek to force the Armed Forces Retirement Home to provide "high quality" health care as required by law,...

Pfahler v. Nat'l Latex Prods. Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by former employees of defendant against it and various other parties after those parties allegedly breached fiduciary duties...

Ditto v. McCurdy

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by plaintiff seeking a judgment of non-dischargeability of defendant's debt under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(6) with regards to a...

Downey v. Strain

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action claiming that defendant-sheriff violated plaintiff's rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), judgment pursuant a jury...

Garley v. Columbia LaGrange Hosp.

Health Law, Professional Malpractice
In an interlocutory appeal arising from a medical malpractice action involving two certified questions, both questions are answered in the negative...

Sarnowski v. Air Brooke Limousine, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former service manager against a limousine company alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Family Medical Leave...

Equal Access for El Paso, Inc. v. Hawkins

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law
In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Gonzaga Univ. v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002), the Medicaid Act's Equal Access provision, 42 U.S.C. section...

Blakeman v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Social Security disability benefits case brought by an individual suffering from a genetic heart condition that allegedly causes disabling...

Oldham v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving an application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act, brought by an individual claiming to have been...