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Ramos v. Richardson

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice actions brought by an incarcerated pro se litigant and members of his family against respondents, a doctor and medical center,...

Fortis Benefits v. Cantu

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an insurance subrogation case wherein a medical insurer and an injured insured disputed what portion of tort settlement proceeds, if any, should go...

Nurse "Be" v. Columbia Palms W. Hosp. Ltd. P'ship

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Decision finding defendant hospital liable to one of its former nurses for sexual harassment by a physician in violation of Title VII and Florida law...

Meyers v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying former Wal-Mart employee's disability claim under ERISA against defendant-plan administrator is affirmed where the plan administrator...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Convergys Customer Mgmt. Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action alleging that defendant-employer failed to accommodate an employee's disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act...

Ratliff v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arising from a denial of claims for long term and partial disability benefits by defendant, an employer's disability benefit...

Hackwell v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action challenging a regulation that interprets the attorney's fee limitations set forth by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA),...

Logsdon v. Hains

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violations of pro-life advocate-plaintiff's constitutional rights and asserting various state law claims...

Weidner v. Fed. Express Corp.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action alleging that Federal Express wrongfully denied plaintiff's claim for total disability benefits under its long term disability...

Lewis v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal arising from a denial of an application for supplementary security income and a finding that claimant was not disabled, summary judgment...