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Centro Tepeyac v. Montgomery County

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
The district court's decision to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the portion of a defendant's Resolution requiring limited service pregnancy...

Greater Baltimore Center v. Mayor and City Council

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff in its challenge to a City of Baltimore ordinance requiring limited-service pregnancy centers to post disclaimers that...

Marriage of Greenway

Elder Law, Evidence, Family Law, Health Law
The trial court determination that husband was mentally capable of making a reasoned decision to end his marriage, is affirmed, where: 1) the mental...

Plaza v. New York Health and Hospitals Corporation

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Where a medical malpractice action accrues during infancy, the extension of time to serve notice of a claim against a public corporation is limited to...

Kowalski v. St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In suit for negligence and medical malpractice, judgment for defendants is affirmed, where, on the facts of this case, defendants, a hospital and an...

Spavone v. N.Y. State Department of Correctional Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
The district court improperly denied the individual defendants' motion for summary judgment in action for money damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section...

Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, International Law
The Policy Requirement in the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Leadership Act), that requires...

Smith v. St. Jude Medical Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendants, a pacemaker supplier and an employee who was present during the procedure implanting the pacemaker, in plaintiffs'...

US v. Ortho Biotech Products, LP

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law
In a qui tam action for alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act arising from defendant's marketing of the pharmaceutical drug Procrit,...

City of San Diego v. Boggess

Health Law, Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law
The trial court's order for the seizure and destruction of defendant's firearms following a petition filed under Welfare and Institutions Code section...