all - Opinion Summaries

CICIO v. VYTRA HEALTHCARE

ERISA, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
ERISA does not preempt claims arising out of defendant's decision to deny the plaintiff's deceased spouse preauthorization for a requested medical...

WRIGHT v. MASSANARI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Substantial evidence supported the Commissioner of Social Security's decision that a Social Security benefit claimant was not disabled pursuant to the...

FROIO v. DUPONT HOSP. FOR CHILDREN

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment in a medical malpractice case was improper, as although plaintiff's expert arguably gave inconsistent responses to different...

AM. COUNCIL OF CERTIFIED PODIATRIC PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Health Law
Claims under section 2 of the Sherman Act were not actionable where a professional association of podiatrists's statements, in extolling its virtues...

LAUER v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law
In assessing a motion for attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act after denial of a claim for social security benefits, the...

MCGEORGE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Administrative Law Judge did not err in finding that a disability insurance and supplemental security income claimant had the mental residual...

COOK COUNTY v. US EX REL CHANDLER

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
Local governments are "persons" amenable to qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. section 3729.

NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. AYERS

Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may be recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, by a railroad worker...

SOSNA v. BINNINGTON

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action for medical malpractice, scope of cross-examination of defendant's expert was properly limited as questions went to...

GREGSON v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employee need not initiate and exhaust administrative remedies through the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission when an insurance carrier who...