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IHC HEALTH PLANS, INC. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Health services corporations did not qualify for tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3) as organizations operated exclusively for...

ROBERTS v. GALEN OF VIRGINIA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit alleging improper transfer of a patient, district judge conducted an adequate investigation after a Batson claim, and alleged expert witness...

PERRY v. THE AM. TOBACCO CO., INC.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Health insurance subscribers who allege that an insurer has passed along to them increased costs of treating smoking-related injuries, in the form of...

PEOPLE EX REL SHERMAN v. CRYNS

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
Plaintiff presented a prima facie case that a lay midwife engaged in the practice of nursing without a license in violation of the Nursing and...

BRUGGEMAN v. BLAGOJEVICH

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law
Developmentally disabled adults may have standing to bring a suit under Medicaid seeking a plan for expansion of Intermediate Care Facilities, but...

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYS., INC. v. BOOK

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Physicians' claims that managed-health-care organizations violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) can be compelled to...

DAVILA v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's breach of contract and Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. section 12101 et seq., claims are barred by res judicata, where his...

DIXON v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of social security benefits is remanded where the record was insufficiently developed regarding 1) claimant's cardiac problem and impact on...

US v. BOLDEN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
The District Court erred by including in defendant's fraud loss approximately $170,000 in costs billed to Medicaid by defendant for which vendors'...

WEBER v. UNITED PARCEL SERV., INC.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A tort claim alleging injuries as a result of a tumor not diagnosed, following tests administered by an employer, comes under the exclusive provisions...