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Ridings v. Riverside Med. Ctr.

Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employee's suit alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and state worker's compensation law, summary judgment for...

Willsey v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
Denial of retroactive disability benefits to a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is affirmed where: 1) appellate jurisdiction...

C&C Marine Maint. Co. v. Bellows

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A Benefits Review Board (BRB) order holding petitioner-employer liable to respondent-employee for disability compensation is affirmed where: 1) the...

Stanley v. Stanley

Contracts, Family Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a divorce case, modification of a stipulated property division order is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the trial court properly...

Rush Univ. Med. Ctr. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a dispute between plaintiff-health care provider and defendant-Secretary of Health and Human Services over Medicare reimbursements, agency...

St. Mary's Hosp. of Rochester v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services arising after plaintiff's Medicare-reimbursement-adjustment...

Carmickle v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits claimed to be due primarily to a back injury caused by a 2001 on-the-job accident is...

Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers' Assoc. v. County of Los Angeles

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case brought by certain retired deputy sheriffs challenging Los Angeles county's policies concerning payment for excess accumulated vacation...

Elder v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), based on a claim that plaintiff's fibromyalgia rendered her...

McCarty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to receive disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, an appeal from a decision affirming a denial of benefits is...