all - Opinion Summaries

Advocate S. Suburban Hosp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
NLRB's cross-petition for enforcement of its order, finding that one of petitioner-hospital's managers coercively interrogated and threatened a nurse...

Wirth v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Removal to federal court of plaintiff's suit, which set forth state claims against an HMO arising from its subrogation lien on plaintiff's tort...

Barrett v. Rosenthal

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In the context of defamation, the Communications Decency Act of 1996, codified at 47 U.S.C. section 230, prohibits "distributor" liability for...

Johnson v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for the NFL's retirement plan in an ERISA action brought by a former player who suffered a career-ending back injury is affirmed...

Perry v. Mynu Coals Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Health Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review of holding that petitioner's deceased husband's Black Lung disease was not proven to be complicated is granted and remanded for...

Szymanski v. County of Cook

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a nurse's action alleging that a county, through employee-doctor, retaliated against her in violation of Title VII after her employment with the...

Depuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent concerning pedicle screws and receiver members used in spinal surgeries, summary judgment of...

DiTolla v. Doral Dental IPA of NY, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Benefits, Health Law
In class action involving compensation of dentists agreeing to treat patients eligible under Medicaid or Medicare, grant of motion to remand to state...

PHG Techs., LLC v. St. John Cos., Inc.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent case involving design patents for medical label sheets, grant of a preliminary injunction for plaintiff is vacated where defendant raised...

Dep't of Children & Families v. Wehrwein

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
A petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of a trial court order committing an individual to the custody of the Department of Children and...