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Petty v. County of Franklin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff-inmate's injuries in a jail fight and the alleged failure of defendants to protect him or...

Stalcup v. Peabody Coal Co.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of black lung benefits is reversed where an ALJ cannot avoid scientific controversy over the presence of the disease in defendant by basing his...

Ligas v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
In a class action suit under the ADA to require Illinois to provide community-based care for the class of institutionalized developmentally disabled...

Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Civil Procedure
There is no special presumption that smokers are aware of the addictiveness or health hazards of smoking, but there is a general, rebuttable...

Byrd v. BT Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Whether an HIV infected individual is disabled under the ADA or handicapped under the Florida Civil Rights Act turns on the facts of each case. In an...

Am. Econ. Ins. Co. v. Jackson

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an indemnity dispute arising from an underlying wrongful death action against a skilled nursing facility, summary judgment for an insurer is...

US v. Austin

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
A sentence in a Medicare fraud case is affirmed in part but an order of restitution is vacated due to plain error in a failure to give credit for over...

Teen Ranch, Inc. v. Udow

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving constitutional and statutory religious discrimination claims brought by a faith-based service provider contracting with a state...

Pollett v. Rinker Materials Corp.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute arising from a denial of disability benefits for an employee, judgment for the plan administrator is affirmed where the employee,...

Hahn v. Mirda

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving husband's claim against wife's doctors for loss of consortium after wife was informed she had breast cancer, underwent chemotherapy,...