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Marsh v. Valyou

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a personal injury action involving multiple and separate car accidents is affirmed where the trial court properly...

Ahmed v. Gonzales

Health Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of petitioner's removal in absentia is affirmed since absentia regulations required the immigration judge to enter an...

People ex rel. Lockyer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law, Remedies
Judgment imposing fine on defendant, tobacco company, for violations of a statute prohibiting distribution of cigarettes as free samples is reversed...

Richardson v. Monitronics Int'l, Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A mixed-motive framework of analysis is applicable to Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) retaliation claims. Summary judgment for employer defendant...

Frazier v. Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer defendant in a Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference claim is affirmed where plaintiff's claim fails since he did...

St. Francis Med. Ctr. v. Shewry

Administrative Law, Health Law
Denial of plaintiff's petition seeking to set aside a decision by agency defendant is granted where defendant's reversal of an administrative law...

Scott v. Nat. Century Fin. Enters., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Remedies
An injunction and contempt order resulting from an adversary action by creditors in bankruptcy court asserting the interests of the estate is vacated...

Fischer-Ross v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of review of administrative denial of disability benefits is reversed where an administrative law judge's findings at latter steps of his...

Hayes v. Goldberg

Health Law
Affirmed.

Slomcenski v. Citibank, N.A.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for reconsideration of a grant of summary judgment on her ERISA and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims is...