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Deshotel v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims dismissing claimant's appeal for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where a 1985...

Pickern v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants, a retail store operator and landlord, on a claim brought by a visually-impaired and mobility-impaired woman under the...

Widmark v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of claims for disability benefits under the Social Security Act is reversed where an ALJ improperly rejected an examining physician's opinion...

Palm Beach Dermatology v. Mikan

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An order awarding permanent total disability (PTD) benefits to a claimant is reversed where the claim for PTD benefits was premature since claimant...

Nack v. Orange City Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for a school district on an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) suit is affirmed over claims that the school district...

Andersen v. Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because a claimant suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) must prove his COPD arose out of coal-mine employment to prove he...

U.S. v. Thurston

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
Sentence for defrauding Medicare is vacated and remanded where the reasons provided by the district court did not support defendant's receiving a...

Stout v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of social security claims, where an administrative law judge's (ALJ) errs in failing to properly discuss competent lay testimony...

Prochaska v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is reversed where the Administrative Law Judge failed to explore...

Boone v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Convictions on counts relating to sexual misconduct with a minor and an order to undergo medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment, otherwise known...