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Maes v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits for plaintiff is remanded for further proceedings where: 1) the evidence considered by the ALJ...

Britton v. Astrue

Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of Social Security disability benefits is affirmed where: 1) data forming the foundation of the testimony of a vocational expert that...

Block v. Orange County Employees' Ret. Sys.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The term "disability allowance" as used in Government Code section 31838.5 means all benefits a member receives from reciprocal systems or from the...

Williams v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A decision denying claimant-veteran an effective date earlier than May 2, 1994, for an award of a 100 percent disability rating for schizophrenia is...

Florida Key Deer v. Paulison

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Benefits, Remedies
In an action against FEMA and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for violating section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in FEMA's...

Mendiondo v. Centinela Hosp. Med. Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a nurse alleging that, following her complaints regarding false billing and reimbursement practices and substandard patient...

County of Los Angeles v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving Medicare reimbursement of indirect medical education expenses (IME) incurred by a public teaching hospital with an approved intern...

Niles Freeman Equip. v. Joseph

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case involving California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program where one of the partners was deemed not a "qualified disabled...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against defendants-plan administrators for various violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for...

Puerto Rican Ass'n of Physical Med. and Rehab., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an action challenging a regulation restricting Medicare reimbursement for physical therapy services, dismissal of the case pursuant to statutory...