all - Opinion Summaries

Hollon v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
A termination of payment of child's Supplemental Security Income benefits to plaintiff's son is affirmed over claims that: 1) a district court erred...

Fuesting v. Zimmer, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Petition for rehearing is granted and a new trial is ordered where a recent Supreme Court decision, Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich,...

City of Ocoee & PGCS v. Trimble

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A grant of benefits to a claimant in a workers' compensation case is reversed where a judge of compensation claims misconstrued the consequences of an...

New Hampshire Motor Transp. Ass'n v. Rowe

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in suit involving state restrictions on sale and deliver of tobacco products is affirmed where federal law preempts...

Beth Israel Med. Ctr. v. Horizon Blue Cross

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in case brought to secure reimbursement for hospital services rendered, is vacated as to breach of contract...

Lesesne v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an action brought by a parent under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) alleging that defendant...

Janssen v. Minneapolis Auto Dealers Benefit Fund

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in an action alleging an unlawful denial of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is...

Hines v. Dep't of Public Aid

Elder Law, Health Law
In a claim for reimbursement of the Medicaid benefits made against the estate of the spouse of the Medicaid recipient, such a claim is not allowed...

State of Florida v. Harden

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
The "antikickback" provision of the Florida Medicaid fraud statute, Florida Statutes section 409.920(2)(e), is preempted by federal law since it...

Riegel v. Medtronic

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Section 360(k)(a) of the 1976 Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempts common law tort claims that allege liability...