all - Opinion Summaries

Jenkins v. Methodist Hosps. of Dallas, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Summary judgment for a hospital and affiliated individuals on a doctor's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claim for racial discrimination impairing his ability...

Garcia v. Mathes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of a writ of habeas corpus in a first-degree murder case is affirmed over a claim that exclusion of evidence showing medical malpractice was an...

Jones v. Catholic Heathcare West

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant based on the statute of limitations, in action alleging personal injuries suffered during hospitalization, is reversed...

Scarlett v. Ouellette

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Judgment for defense in a medical malpractice suit containing attorney's fees and sanctions is affirmed where: 1) certain expert testimony was not a...

Dobbs v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of state-law claims brought by husband and wife, beneficiaries of a group health insurance policy sold and underwritten by defendant and...

Richardson v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a Vietnam War veteran's petition for a writ of mandamus and denial of his former fiduciary's motion to be substituted as the petitioner...

Greenway Ctr., Inc. v. Essex Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action to determine an insurer's obligation to defend and indemnify plaintiff in a wrongful death action, a ruling against...

Wilson v. MVM, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Rulings for defendants on claims brought by court security officers under the Rehabilitation Act (RA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and...

Miller v. Fortis Benefits Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint to recover benefits under ERISA, on statute of limitations grounds, is affirmed where plaintiff's cause of action accrued in...

Sloan v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A determination that an applicant qualified for long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by ERISA is affirmed over the plan administrator's...