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California v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of intervention as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a) is reversed where health care providers are entitled to intervene in a...

Phillips v. Quebecor World RAI Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a suit over alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act is affirmed where plaintiff did not...

Univ. of Texas Med. Branch at Galveston v. Estate of Blackmon

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death and survival case brought by respondent, a deceased inmate's daughter, petitioner's interlocutory appeal from a denial of its plea...

Jernigan v. Langley

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Petition for review a reversal of a trial court's dismissal of a medical malpractice suit is granted and plaintiff's claims against a doctor are...

Larson v. Downing

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A doctor's petition for review challenging the reversal of a trial court's exclusion of plaintiff's expert testimony in a medical malpractice case is...

Gonzales v. McAllen Med. Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A court of appeals judgment rejecting plaintiffs' challenge to the factual sufficiency of several jury findings in a medical malpractice case is...

Wojewski v. Rapid City Reg'l Hosp., Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a hospital and administrators, on claims brought by a former surgeon under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

Nabors v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
An employee's petition for review of an affirmance of a workers' compensation judge's award is granted pursuant to his challenge to the Workers'...

Carter v. California Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
2003 Amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) stating that employers are potentially liable when third party nonemployees sexually...

M2 Software, Inc. v. M2 Communications, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Drugs & Biotech, Entertainment Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A decision dismissing a mark holder's opposition to the registration of a mark for interactive multimedia CD-ROMs containing information on the fields...