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Sharpe v. Director Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review of a widow of deceased coal minor's challenge to an adverse decision and order retroactively denying decedent's claim for black...

JP Morgan Chase & Co. v. Conegie

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by an individual suffering from a condition which causes severe physical and neurological problems, including dementia psychosis,...

Sosebee v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act in a petition for social security disability benefits is reversed and remanded where:...

Ball v. Rodgers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a certified class of elderly, physically disabled, and developmentally disabled Medicaid beneficiaries alleging Arizona is...

US v. Hackensack Univ. Med. Ctr.

Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act involving, inter alia, alleged false Medicare claims and invoices, an order denying reconsideration of...

Cuccia v. Superior Ct. (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Petition for writ of mandate seeking dismissal of recommitment proceedings initiated by the district attorney under the Mentally Disordered Offender...

Orn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for Social Security benefits is reversed and remanded for a calculation of beneifts where: 1) the ALJ did not give "specific,...

R.B. v. Napa Valley Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a dispute with a school district over a minor's entitlement to special education protection and services under the Individuals with Disabilities...

Ass'n Benefit Servs., Inc. v. Caremark RX, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging fraud, unjust enrichment and breach of contract against a pharmacy benefit manager by a company formed to facilitate contracts...

Fagocki v. Algonquin/Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Prot. Dist.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit involving the treatment of a woman suffering from anaphylactic shock, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where any...