all - Opinion Summaries

HAWKINS v. FIRST UNION CORP. LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plan medical consultant's findings as to a fibromyalgia patient's total disability and ability to work were arbitrary and capricious under ERISA,...

DESIANO v. WARNER-LAMBERT CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Because plaintiffs' suit, for relief on behalf of all health benefit providers that paid for Rezulin, involves claims of damages that were caused...

ZEIGLER COAL CO. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Administrative Law Judge properly found that claimant was entitled to an irrebuttable presumption of pneumoconiosis, and benefits under the Black Lung...

STANFORD HOSP. & CLINICS v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A hospital policy, prohibiting employees from soliciting and distributing materials to fellow employees in areas adjacent to patient units, was...

BROWN v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The statute of limitations on claims for birth defects caused by toxic exposure did not begin to run until plaintiffs were on notice that harmful...

NORMAN v. LIFE CARE CTRS. OF AM., INC.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an elder abuse and wrongful death action, the trial court prejudicially erred by refusing plaintiff's request for an instruction with BAJI No. 3.45...

BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS, INC. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Health Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
Amounts referred to as "coordination of benefits savings" did not qualify as "estimated salvage recoverable" that would enable a health insurance...

ALLEN v. CHRISTENBERRY

Civil Procedure, Health Law
Because defendant doctors did not meet the specific prerequisites for removal to federal court of a case under the Federally Supported Health Centers...

LAVERDURE v. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A county is not liable under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for the public statements made by a member of its board of commissioners regarding the job...

BROOKHILL-WILK 1, LLC v. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court erred in construing the limitation "remote location" in a patent directed to systems and methods for performing robotic...