all - Opinion Summaries

Quesenberry v. Beebe Med. Ctr., Inc.

Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Defendants' motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial in a medical malpractice action are denied where there was sufficient...

Hulteen v. AT&T Corp.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in a Title VII case alleging discrimination by en employer against women who took pregnancy-related leaves before 1979...

M.P. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 721

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act brought against his school district arising from a school nurse's...

Pertofsky v. Arbor Living Ctrs. of Florida, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff's personal injury complaint, entered upon the trial court's own motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution, is...

Self v. Crum

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, a prison's treating physician, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case is affirmed where plaintiff did not create a...

Parker v. Wilk

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Motion for summary judgment is granted for defendant in an action for loss of chance to survive where the plaintiff's expert witness testimony...

N. Ins. Co. of New York v. Derma Clinic Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Questions of law are certified to Connecticut's supreme court involving insurance coverage for claims arising from an alleged physical and sexual...

Cunningham v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act in an action concerning an ultimately favorable disability benefits determination is...

Peachtree Cas. Ins. Co. v. Prof. Massage Servs., Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A petition for second-tier certiorari review in an insurance billing dispute is granted where the circuit court departed from the essential...

Fligiel v. Samson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant, Veterans Administration (VA), in a suit brought by a physician who was transferred to a VA facility without notice and...