all - Opinion Summaries

Desiano v. Warner Lambert Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case alleging injuries caused by the drug Rezulin, grant of judgment on the pleadings for defendants, finding Michigan plaintiffs' claims were...

Trustees of the S. California Bakery Drivers Sec. Fund v. Middleton

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between the trustees of two employee benefit plans over an agreement regarding the provision of certain benefits, summary judgment and an...

Warriner v. Stanton

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendant in a medical malpractice case is affirmed where the district court did not err in its application of New Jersey's...

Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Donelson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a petition for an order vacating an arbitration award in favor of respondents-employees in an employment racial and disability...

Holdeman v. Devine

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action suit brought by participants in an ERISA-governed medical benefit plan who were left with significant medical bills when their...

Retail Indus. Leaders Ass'ns v. Fielder

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, declaring that ERISA preempts Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, which requires employers with 10,000 or...

Medeiros v. Superior Ct. (Health Net of Cal.)

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Order compelling petitioners to arbitrate a dispute with real party in interest health insurer is vacated as the arbitration provision at issue is...

American Fed'n Gov't Employees v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit brought by plaintiff union to have defendant's decision declared unlawful, which made it impossible for plaintiff to enforce an arbitration...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law, White Collar Crime
Sentences and restitution orders imposed on defendants for health care fraud are vacated where, for purposes of a loss enhancement determination, the...

Keith v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of application for Disability Insurance Benefits is affirmed where: 1) petitioner did not present any evidence that the ALJ failed to follow...