all - Opinion Summaries

Vincent v. C.R. Bard, Inc.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The designer of a product may be liable in negligence to a foreseeable user of its product although there are intervening manufacturers and...

Hackworth v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants, employer and supervisor, on plaintiff's claim for damages pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...

Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, on request that the FDA relist patents held by Merck that Merck requested removed from the "Orange Book" after...

Acara v. Banks

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) does not provide for a private cause of action. Dismissal of a suit brought against a...

Cincinatti Women's Servs., Inc. v. Taft

Constitutional Law, Health Law
A judgment upholding two provisions of an Ohio law regulating abortions is reversed in part as to a provision which limits minors seeking a judicial...

Beebe Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Bailey

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
A 13 million dollar verdict for plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action arising from injuries sustained by a 60-year-old with Alzheimer's at a...

State of Florida v. Hosty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
As it applies to a mentally disabled adult whose nontestimonial hearsay statement the trial court determines meets certain qualifications of...

Farris v. Florida Dep't of Children & Families

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order terminating mentally retarded claimant's eligibility for the Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver (Med-Waiver) Program is...

U.S. Block Windows v. Dixon

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An order of a judge of compensation claims (JCC) partially granting claimant's requested workers' compensation benefits is reversed in part where an...

Abbot Labs. v. Baxter Pharm. Prods., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
A judgment of validity of a patent involving an inhalation anesthetic is reversed where the asserted claims of the patent at issue were anticipated by...