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Henslee v. Keller

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a suit by an inmate alleging that North Carolina Department of Correction's Alexander Correctional Institute's failure to enforce its grooming...

Harlick v. Blue Sheild of California

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by a woman who suffers from anorexia nervosa seeking insurance coverage for her care at a residential treatment facility, either...

Snow v. McDaniel

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a prisoner's suit under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the doctors and wardens in the Nevada Department of Corrections were deliberately...

Wilhelm v. Rotman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 against two prison doctors, alleging that their delay in treating the plaintiff's hernia amounted to deliberate...

James v. City of Costa Mesa

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a case in which the plaintiffs alleged that two cities, by interfering with their access to the medical marijuana they use to manage their...

In re Schering Plough Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law
In consolidated putative class actions brought by third-party payors of drugs prescribed for off-label purposes and by individual patients against a...

People v. Kendrid

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
An order extending the defendant's commitment pursuant to Penal Code section 1026.5(b) is affirmed, where: 1) the medical director's recommendation...

Morris v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a case in which a veteran made a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, a denial by the Board of Veterans' Appeals is affirmed,...

Harman Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, DOL

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that a man suffered disabling obstructive lung disease arising out of his work as a coal...

Cash v. Winn

Elder Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for overtime wages brought by an in-home caretaker who was not a licensed or trained nurse, judgment in favor of the plaintiff is reversed,...