all - Opinion Summaries

Morris v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for reconsideration of the denial of her claim for benefits for physical disability under the Employee Retirement and...

Norian Corp. v. Stryker Corp.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement based on the district court's construction of a claim limitation is affirmed in a patent case involving kits for...

Smith v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant on a discrimination claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is reversed where the...

Maresh v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Determination that plaintiff is not entitled to disability-insurance benefits and supplemental-security income because he has the capacity to work is...

Capital Blue Cross v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Contracts, Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
Denial of plaintiff's request for a refund of tax overpayment regarding canceled insurance contracts is reversed where the tax court improperly...

Metro. Milwaukee Ass'n of Commerce v. Milwaukee County

Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant-county is reversed in a suit to enjoin enforcement of a county ordinance regarding certain requirements for...

People v. Yartz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
A Sexually Violent Predators Act civil commitment proceeding is a special proceeding of a civil nature, and not a "civil suit" under Penal Code...

N. Coast Women's Care Med. Group v. Superior Court

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Summary adjudication for plaintiff on an affirmative defense to a civil rights claim involving defendants' refusal to perform intrauterine...

US v. W.R. Grace & Co.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Summary and declaratory judgments on liability and award of costs to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are affirmed in a challenge to its...

Neal v. Fields

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-nurse's complaint is affirmed in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a state licensing agency, where there...