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Hines v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Reversal of Social Security Administration's denial of claim for disability benefits, based on Sickle Cell Disease, is affirmed where the SSA ALJ...

Burlison v. McDonald's Corp.

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs, in case involving terminated employees suing for age discrmination, is reversed where the district court's erroneous...

Cromer v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision denying claimant's claim for service-connected disability is affirmed over claims: 1) that because his medical records were in the custody...

Ruggieri v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order of the Merit Systems Protection Board, dismissing petitioner's Individual Right of Action appeal under the Whistleblower Protection Act is...

Robinson v. Potter

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by an employee against the U.S. Postal Service alleging violations of the Rehabilitation Act, partial summary judgment for...

Shaw-Malachi v. City of Wilmington

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, finding that claimant voluntarily resigned from her job, and thus, was not eligible for...

Macy's v. Campbell

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A decision of the Industrial Accident Board is reversed pursuant to an employer's claim of error where claimant was not entitled to additional...

Estate of Watts v. Blue Hen Insulation

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Workers' Compensation
Relevant statutes, read in light of the purpose of worker's compensation laws, authorize the award of permanent injury benefits to a claimant's...

Smith v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (L'Oreal USA, Inc.)

Labor & Employment Law
In the context of Labor Code Section 201, which provides that if an employer discharges an employee, wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge...

Leuthner v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Elder Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' ERISA claims alleging breach of fiduciary duties by a plan administrator is affirmed where, although appellants may have made...