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Gullone v. Bayer Corp

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit making up part of a series of lawsuits against drug manufacturers relating to the transmission of blood-borne diseases through products...

Brodie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
Following the 2004 omnibus reform of California's workers' compensation scheme, the apportionment formula adopted in Fuentes v. Workers' Comp. Appeals...

Kleiber v. Honda of Am. Mfg., Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a former employee who was injured off-the-job, alleging that Honda violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing...

Eight Unnamed Physicians v. Medical Exec. Comm. of the Med. Staff of Wash. Twp. Hosp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Health Law
Judgment granting plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate in a dispute over procedure in a medical disciplinary proceeding is reversed based on...

Foremost in Packaging Sys., Inc. v. Cold Chain Techs., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement appeal involving insulated shipping containers designed to carry items such as pharmaceuticals and human tissue, which must...

Walther v. Sec'y of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act does not require a petitioner to bear the burden of eliminating alternative causes of injury where the other...

Life Partners Inc v. Morrison

Constitutional Law, Elder Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In case involving a terminally ill woman who sold her life insurance policy at a deep discount to for funds needed for the last months of her life,...

Ye v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising out of a patient's death shortly after receiving a doctor's assurances, a mere assurance by a state actor cannot be an...

VanDevender v. Woods

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that a county and its sheriff violated the state constitution by failing to pay his full salary during his...

In re Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice mandamus proceeding in which defendant-hospital sought to recover privileged documents that were mistakenly provided to its...