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Arnold v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income is affirmed over petitioner's claims that: 1) the ALJ's decision was not...

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Conger

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Under federal common law, applicants for insurance have no duty to disclose undiagnosed symptoms or medical history not specifically requested by an...

In Re: Doctors Hosp. of Hyde Park, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
District court's affirmation of bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement of adversary litigation is affirmed over a creditor's arguments that: 1)...

Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Ass'n v. Florida Div. of Admin. Hearings

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
When notice is raised as part of a claim filed under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA), an ALJ has jurisdiction to...

Univ. of Miami v. Ruiz

Health Law
A review proceeding is dismissed pursuant to the court's finding that cases at issue, University of Miami v. Ruiz, 916 So. 2d 865 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2005)...

Somers v. Demco

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Law section 15(8)(f), as interpreted by the Court of Appeals, provides that the statutory 104-week time limitation for filing a...

Elliott v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action stemming from a plan administrator's denial of a claim for long-term disability benefits, a judgment in favor of the administrator...

Kurwa v. Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, LLP

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving opthalmology practice where one of the physician owners had his license suspended and other owner physician had law firm send letter...

Marshall v. Columbia Lea Reg'l Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
A judgment for plaintiff on a civil rights claim brought against a city and police for violation of his Fourth Amendment right to be free of...

Michael v. Med. Staffing Network, Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for a medical staffing agency is reversed where the trial court erred in requiring the medical expert affidavit and notice of intent...