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Doe v. Abington Friends Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) suit brought against a school and employees alleging a failure to adequately accommodate plaintiff's...

Pirtle v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits is affirmed over claims that the ALJ erred...

In re: Union Pac. R.R. Employment Practices Litig.

Civil Rights, Health Law
Union Pacific Railroad's policy of denying coverage for all contraception does not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the...

West v. Keef

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from the arrest of an allegedly suicidal paraplegic woman in her home, judgment pursuant to a jury verdict...

DeJesus v. US

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
A judgment finding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was liable on a theory of gross negligence for the shooting deaths of plaintiffs'...

Raich v. Gonzales

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Remedies
In a case involving medical marijuana seeking declaratory and injunctive relief based on the alleged unconstitutionality of the Controlled Substances...

Caremark, Inc. v. Goetz

Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory action brought by a pharmaceutical-services company seeking declaration that certain pharmacy-benefit plan restrictions apply to a...

Toyama v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination case arising from petitioner's removal from her position as a Public Health Advisor for failing to accept a directed reassignment...

Campbell v. Gambro Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) actions, when an employer cites only factors predating the employee's return to work to...

Houston Cmty. Hosp. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a hospital claiming that Blue Cross allegedly misrepresented the level of health care coverage for certain federal employee...