all - Opinion Summaries

DSU Med. Corp. v. JMS Co., Ltd.

Evidence, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment in a patent case involving a guarded, winged-needle assembly, finding certain claims of a patent invalid as obvious and finding...

US v. Premo

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In the context of qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, non-federal reports, audits, and investigations qualify as a source of public disclosure...

Calvi v. Knox County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an 18 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging excessive force is affirmed where: 1) the District of Maine's local rules...

Sammons v. Doctors for Emergency Servs., P.A.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an appeal from a jury verdict for defendants in a medical malpractice action arising from a patient's death allegedly due to sepsis, the judgment...

S.J. v. Issaquah Sch. Dist. No. 411

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In the context of an action arising under federal law where there is no federal statute of limitations, a federal court borrowing a state's time...

Mirza v. Trombley

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of medical malpractice, an investigatory affidavit's failure to individually name a particular defendant is not fatally defective, so...

Matteini v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological, etc.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
An administrative order denying parents' petition for benefits under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan is affirmed where...

Molina v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
A conviction and sentence for robbery with a firearm is reversed where it constituted fundamental error for defendant, who had previously been found...

Florida Inst. for Neurological Rehab., Inc. v. Marshall

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment for plaintiffs-parents in a wrongful death case arising from the death of their son, a resident of defendant's facility for the long-term...

Arnold v. Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. at Good Shepherd, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer alleging employment discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. section 1981, summary judgment for defendant and denial of...