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Mulloy v. Acushnet Co.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a disability discrimination case is affirmed where plaintiff was not a "qualified individual with a disability" under...

Popowski v. Parrott

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking reimbursement for medical expenses, dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as well as the denial of other requested...

Clark v. Capital Credit & Collection Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Health Law
A debtor may waive the protections of 15 U.S.C. section 1692c(c) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which requires a debt collector to cease...

Sommer v. Vanguard Group

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim is affirmed where it did not illegally interfere with a former...

Montejo v. Martin Mem'l Med. Ctr., Inc.

Health Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
An order dismissing with prejudice a guardian's false imprisonment claim against a hospital is reversed and remanded where the center was not cloaked...

Ford v. Long Beach Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
Attorney-parents are not entitled to attorneys' fees for the representation of their children in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...

Meloni v. Westminster Village

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A grant of an employer's petition to terminate benefits by the Industrial Accident Board is affirmed where the Board did not err when it found that a...

Bermudez v. PTFE Compounds

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a worker's compensation case, a decision of the Industrial Accident Board denying an employee's petition to determine compensation due is affirmed...

Ness v. Bayhealth Med. Ctr., Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, plaintiffs' motion in limine to preclude defendants from impeaching the testimony of their expert in neurosurgery with...

Lowman v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Claimant's motion for reargument of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board on the issue of mileage reimbursement for transportation costs to and...