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Vera v. WCAB

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Award of permanent disability is affirmed where respondent board properly denied the petition for reconsideration as the schedule for rating permanent...

Paul Revere Ins. Group v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising when the government filed, and then executed in federal court on, a judgment lien against an award defendant recovered for...

Hydrick v. Hunter

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a class of civilly committed persons and those awaiting commitment at a state hospital pursuant to California's Sexually...

Corry v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from the termination of disability benefits for plaintiff whose claim for disability arose from fibromyalgia, summary...

Rice v. Center Point, Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of complaint for negligence alleging that defendants were liable for the criminal behavior of four residents who injured plaintiffs after...

Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund v. US Dep't of Agric.

Agriculture, Health Law, International Law, International Trade
In a challenge to the government's regulation of Canadian cattle imports in the wake of the "mad cow disease" scare of the late 1990s, summary...

Chlopek v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action against the maker of a medical cooling device, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiffs' assertions that...

Grider v. Keystone Health Plan Cent., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by plaintiffs representing a class of approximately 6,000 doctors in Central Pennsylvania against defendants alleging their claims...

Mileikowsky v. West Hills Hosp. Med. Ctr.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging decision of respondent-hospital's hearing officer to deny plaintiff staff privileges is reversed,...

Webb v. Smart Document Solutions, LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
For purposes of an individual's right under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to obtain copies of his medical records at...