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Burrell v. Powers

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendant, the medical director of a prison, on inmate plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action is affirmed where plaintiff...

Cent. States Health & Welfare Fund v. Merck-Medco Managed Care

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court judgment: 1) denying a motion to intervene pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); 2) certifying the class...

Jerden v. Amstutz

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Denial of plaintiff's motion for new trial in a medical negligence case regarding unwarranted brain surgery is reversed where the district court's...

Emery v. Roanoke City Sch. Bd.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for reimbursement of educational expenses pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is...

Riley v. Riley

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
Plaintiff's petition for a writ of certiorari quashing a circuit court order compelling him and his two minor daughters to submit to psychological...

Christensen v. Stevedoring Servs. of Am.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action to enforce an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is...

Gentle v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for social security disability benefits is reversed where the administrative judge's analysis of the evidence was...

Wise v. Kind & Knox Gelatin, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Ruling that defendants, plan administrators, abused their discretion in denying plaintiff's long term disability benefits claim is reversed where...

Laughlin v. Schriro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where inmate plaintiff offered no evidence...

In re David M.

Family Law, Health Law, Juvenile Law
Jurisdiction order declaring the minors at issue to be dependent children of the juvenile court is reversed where substantial evidence did not support...