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Buckwalter v. Nevada Board of Medical Examiners

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by a doctor against members of a state medical board in their individual capacities, alleging that the...

Stone v. Sec'y of Health and Human Services

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In consolidated cases in which parents sought compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for injuries to their children...

Johnson v. Alameda County Medical Center

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case in which a woman involuntarily committed to a county mental institution was assaulted by a fellow patient and sued the institution and...

In re Lupron Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a case in which a class of medical patient consumers alleged fraud in overcharging for the medication Lupron, and a small dissident group within...

People v. Guiamelon

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of a physician under Business and Professions Code section 650 for paying illegal fees to persons who referred patients qualified for...

Handron v. Sec'y Department of Health and Human Services

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a case in which a psychologist had been largely successful in defending a claim that he had overbilled Medicare and then filed an EAJA application...

People ex rel. Trutanich v. Joseph

Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit in which motions were brought by city attorneys on behalf of the state for permanent injunctive relief against the defendant's violations of...

Cavallaro v. UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In lawsuits seeking to represent a potential class of hospital employees who had allegedly been deprived of compensation for certain aspects of their...

Pruell v. Caritas Christi

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action asserting violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by hospitals and health care providers, the district court's...

Stengel v. Medtronic Inc.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit for injuries sustained by one of the plaintiffs from his use of a pain pump manufactured by the defendant, the district court's dismissal of...