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Hollins v. Methodist Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a former employer claiming that her termination as a resident in the hospital's Clinical Pastoral Education program violated the...

Bexar County Hosp. Dist. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a breach of contract case which alleged that insurer improperly calculated the deductible applicable to a claim a hospital made on its property...

Hamilton v. Jones

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a prisoner scheduled for execution to challenge the lethal injection protocol to be used for his...

Herrera v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for an employer on a Title VII claim alleging a racially hostile work environment is reversed where plaintiff submitted sufficient...

Vives v. Fajardo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for the Puerto Rico Secretary of Education in a suit alleging retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act is affirmed where...

Collier v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of petitioner's motion for summary judgment and grant of respondent's motion to affirm the denial of Social Security Disability Insurance...

Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the context of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, attorney's fees cannot be assessed under 33 U.S.C. section 928(a) when an...

Whitington v. Ortiz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Dismissal without prejudice of pro se prisoner's section 1983 action involving officials' denying him access to free hygiene products, for failure to...

Sobrinio v. Med. Ctr. Visitor's Lodge, Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a former employer alleging plaintiff was paid below the minimum wage and was not properly compensated for overtime, in violation of...

Oroville Hosp. v. Department of Health Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate seeking to compel defendant to reimburse plaintiff for money expended on its employee health care costs is...