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Peralta v. Dillard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-inmate under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging deliberate indifference to medical needs in connection with his dental...

Conservatorship of John D.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Judgment appointing a Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act conservator of the conservatee is: 1) reversed in part, where the trial court erred in ordering...

Gilbert v. Superior Court (People)

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action to commit petitioner as a sexually violent predator (SVP) pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), the trial court's order...

Keffeler v. Partnership Healthplan

Government Benefits, Health Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-pharmacists' complaint alleging that defendant-health plan's failure to plaintiff's costs into account violates the "quality of...

People v. Rosalinda

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
The trial court's order committing defendant as a mentally retarded person who is a danger to herself and others to California Psychiatric...

Fahlen v. Sutter Central Valley Hospitals

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
When a physician claims, under Health and Safety Code section 1278.5, that a hospital's quasi-judicial decision to restrict or terminate his or her...

Centinela Freeman Emergency Medical Associates v. Health Net of California

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Judgment for defendant-health management organization (HMO) in an action where plaintiff-physicians alleged defendant-HMO negligently delegated...

Retired Employees Association of Orange County, Inc. v. County of Orange

Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-count in an action brought by the plaintiff alleging that its retired employee members had an implied vested...

Stallworth v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the denial of restoration of service connection for schizophrenia is...

Dodd v. Cruz

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a personal injury action, the trial court's order granting a third party lien purchaser's motion to quash defendant's subpoena for documents...