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Thomas v. Corwin

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in...

Van Duyn v. Baker Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
When a school district does not perform exactly as called for by an individualized educational program (IEP), the district does not violate the...

Rochow v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case brought against a plan administrator following its denial of a claim for disability benefits, a ruling against the administrator is...

Roberson v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income to claimant suffering from bipolar disorder is...

Thao v. City of St. Paul

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising from circumstances in which a police officer shot and killed a paranoid schizophrenic individual in his home after his family...

In re Mathis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
A motion for leave to file a successive federal habeas application in a death penalty case is granted where movant made a prima facie showing of...

Rutledge v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case raising a claim for long-term disability benefits pursuant to a plan under ERISA, summary judgment for defendant-plan is affirmed where...

Gretillat v. Care Initiatives

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's employer forced her to retire or be terminated in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and...

Paz v. Brush Engineered Materials Inc

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Pursuant to the Mississippi Supreme Court's answer to a certified question finding that the state does not recognize a medical monitoring cause of...

Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. New Images of Beverly Hills

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a RICO action brought by insurance companies against numerous Southern California surgeons and surgery clinics alleging that defendants operated a...