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Jones v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
An order denying defendant's successive motion to vacate a conviction for murder and a death sentence, and an order concluding that he is not mentally...

Horowitz v. Plantation Gen. Hosp. Ltd. P'ship

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of Florida Statutes section 458.320, which outlines the financial responsibility requirements for physicians practicing in Florida,...

A.W. v. Jersey City Pub. Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 by a dyslexic former student raising Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and...

In re Lemanuel C.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
The current extended detention scheme set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code section 1800 et seq. satisfies the due process and equal protection...

Alford v. County of San Diego

Government Benefits, Health Law
Approval of defendant county's financial eligibility standard for "last resort" medical care, which denies any services for individuals who earn more...

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. WCAB

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In case involving worker's slip and fall during course of employment resulting in injuries, decision affirming an award to respondent worker is...

Powell v. Kleinman

Evidence, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice suit arising from injuries plaintiff sustained when defendants failed to promptly diagnose and treat an injury to his spinal...

Conroy v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case arising from decedent's decision to donate his body to the medical school at U.C. Irvine, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiff...

Peete v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against individual firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, denial...

Colavito v. N.Y. Organ Donor Network

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case raising issue of whether the intended recipient of an organ donation can bring a private cause of action for common law conversion or under...