all - Opinion Summaries

RUSH PRUDENTIAL HMO, INC. v. MORAN

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Illinois HMO Act is a law which "regulates insurance" under ERISA's saving clause, and because congressional intent did not override that clause,...

CONSERVATORSHIP OF EDWARD W.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Solano County Public Guardian's practice of requesting notice waivers, without an individualized showing of exigent circumstances, in all applications...

DALLAS COUNTY HOSP. DIST. v. ASSOCIATES' HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN

ERISA, Health Law
A hospital lacked independent standing as a beneficiary in an ERISA claim, but where the plan authorized assignments of benefits to network providers,...

BERG v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Court's reliance on an expert report to establish that plaintiffs could not show toxic exposure to a threshold level of radiation, did not warrant...

WALKER v. IVY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In claims for deliberate indifference to an inmate's medical needs, qualified immunity in favor of correctional facility doctors was proper where...

P.I.A. MICHIGAN CITY, INC. v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The Secretary of Health and Human Services correctly denied a hospital an exemption from the Medicare payment limitations imposed under the Tax Equity...

BARTON v. SUMMERS

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Medicaid recipients with tobacco-related illnesses, seeking to intercept tobacco settlement money due to two States, are barred by the Eleventh...

MX GROUP, INC. v. CITY OF COVINGTON

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
City discriminated against a drug treatment center under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, because of the center's association with drug addicted...

PAGARIGAN v. LIBBY CARE CENTER, INC.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Operators of a nursing facility failed to show that plaintiffs had the authority to enter into an arbitration contract on behalf of their deceased...

BRAVO v. ISMAJ

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
After a dental patient's lawsuit against his dentist and dental insurer was dismissed, sufficient evidence established that claimant was a vexatious...