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COAST PLAZA DOCTORS HOSP. v. UHP HEALTHCARE

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 does not bar a health care provider from seeking direct compensation from a health care insurer on...

VENCOR, INC. v. STANDARD LIFE & ACCIDENT INS. CO.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
The district court did not err in determining that the provisions of life insurance policies at issue were not ambiguous under Tennessee law, and that...

ZOLEZZI v. PACIFICARE OF CALIFORNIA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Benefits, Health Law
The federal Medicare Act does not preempt application of Health and Safety Code section 1363.1 under the circumstances, and a medical health care...

CAMARILLO v. VAAGE

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Relevant Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) sections provide a common sense rule that extends the applicable statute of limitations against an unknown...

VARGAS v. LEE

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court abused its discretion in admitting expert testimony regarding fibromyalgia syndrome, in a jury's determination of damages after an...

ATKINSON v. TAYLOR

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
Corrections officials and officers were not entitled to qualified immunity for an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Eighth Amendment environmental...

BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEP'T OF HEALTH EMERGENCY MED. SERVS. TRAINING INST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because states are not constitutionally obligated to provide rescue services to their citizens, nor are they constitutionally required to provide...

US v. MCCLATCHEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Government Benefits, Health Law
There was no clear error in the district court's finding regarding the scope of a Medicare Antikickback Act defendant's relevant conduct for...

DERIUS v. ALLSTATE INDEM. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The decision of United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, 808 So.2d 82 (2001), rendered erroneous certain language, contained in Perez v. State Farm Fire...