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Smith v. Department of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a dispute arising from the denial of appellant's claim for a rating of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU), judgment of the...

Ogilvie v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving whether petitioner effectively rebutted application of Labor Code section 4660(c)'s rating schedule on the basis that the his...

State of New York v. Amgen, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a qui tam action appeal from a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of plaintiffs' pendent state and federal False Claims Act causes of action against...

Cahoon, Jr. v. Shelton

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class-action dispute arising from the termination of certain benefits paid to retired firefighters and police officers, judgment of the district...

Vincent v. Commissioner of Social Security

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Remedies
In a dispute arising from the reduction of an award of attorney's fees following the successful appeal of an administrative order denying a claim for...

Priestley v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In a dispute arising from petitioners' motion for fees and cost as prevailing parties in an appeal from the Social Security Administration’s denial of...

Brown v. Commissioner of the Social Security

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits
In a dispute arising from a claim for supplemental social security income, judgment of the defendant denying claim is affirmed where denial was...

Padgett v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a dispute concerning attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. section 2412, judgment of the trial court is...

Tristani v. Richman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute invovling whether state-imposed liens against future settlements or judgments to recoup Medicaid costs constitutes an exception to the...

S.D. City Employees Retirement Assn. v. Superior Court (California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility)

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for a writ of mandate to overturn the trial court's order granting a petition to compel the disclosure of certain personnel and...