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Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Babayan

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an insurance dispute over disability claims is affirmed where plaintiff's material omissions on an insurance...

In re the Vaccine Cases

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims is affirmed in an action under Proposition 65 and the state unfair competition law against manufacturers of vaccines...

Bennett-Nelson v. La. Bd. of Regents

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an equal access action by two hearing impaired students against their school under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act,...

Cornish v. Fed. Aviation Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
Petition for review of dismissal of plaintiff's administrative appeal is denied where plaintiff failed to timely file his appeal brief, thereby...

Reprod. Health Servs. v. Nixon

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, finding Missouri's law criminalizing partial birth abortions unconstitutional, is affirmed where defendant did not...

W.L. Gore & Assoc. v. Wu

Contracts, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In a case involving allegations of an employee's breach of contract and his misappropriation of trade secrets, defendant's motion for reargument of a...

Claudio v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a wrongful termination suit, summary judgment for defendant on a Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) claim is reversed where a triable issue of...

Mercy Hosp. v. Mass. Nurses Ass'n

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Confirmation of an arbitration award directing defendant to reinstate plaintiff, an intensive-care nurse, is affirmed over defendant's argument that...

US v. White

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Order authorizing the involuntary medication of defendant after finding him incompetent to stand trial in an assault case is vacated where the...

Colburn v. Parker Hannifin

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
A claim for retaliatory discharge from employment is not extinguished by a finding that the plaintiff was unable to return to work at the expiration...