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Daughters of Charity Health Servs. of Waco v. Linnstaedter

Debt Collection, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
A hospital paid by a workers' compensation carrier cannot recover the discount from its full charges by filing a lien against a patient's tort...

Williams v. Excel Foundry & Mach., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, summary judgment for...

McLachlan v. New York Life Ins. Co.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a state law negligence action brought by an individual suffering from kidney failure against an insurer arising from circumstances in which...

Hospital Cristo Redentor, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB decision against a hospital for the discharge of an employee for union activities is denied where: 1) the Board's...

Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is not an affirmative action statute and does not require an employer to reassign a qualified disabled...

Kanter v. Barella

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law
In a shareholders' derivative action for breach of fiduciary duty arising from a company's allegedly improper billing practices, Rule 12(b)(6)...

Werdehausen v. Benicorp Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action raising ERISA, and other federal and state law claims, arising from defendant's retroactive rescission of plaintiff's enrollment in his...

Fjelsta v. Zogg Dermatology, PLC

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit against plaintiff's former employer-clinic and supervisors asserting retaliation claims under state law, pregnancy discrimination claims...

McQueen v. Colorado Springs Sch. Dist. No. 11

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a former student who suffers from autism alleging that defendant-district's policy limiting extended school-year services to...

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. Unity Outpatient Surgery Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case arising out of a scheme allegedly entered into by defendants to fraudulently bill Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans for unnecessary medical...