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Sarkis v. The City of Des Plaines

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an action for administrative review of the decision of the Des Plaines Police Pension Board to deny plaintiff a line-of-duty disability pension...

DeLaRosa v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
38 U.S.C. section 5103A(a) does not always require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist a claimant in obtaining a medical opinion or...

Basco v. Machin

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Property Law & Real Estate
In a civil rights complaint alleging due process violations when plaintiffs' housing subsidy was terminated for the presence of an unauthorized...

Bennett v. Kemper Nat'l Servs., Inc.

ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action arguing that a decision to deny plaintiff long-term disability benefits was arbitrary or capricious, a judgment for defendants is...

Flynn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying claimant's application for social security disability benefits and supplemental security income is affirmed where an ALJ's findings...

McGee v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A determination under 38 U.S.C. section 5110(a) that claimant is not entitled to an effective date of service connection earlier than April 15, 1999...

Rodriguez v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A decision permitting a survivor of a deceased veteran to proceed with a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation is reversed where the Board...

Ridgely v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action against FEMA brought by individuals who received rental assistance payments from the federal government after Hurricanes Katrina and...

US ex rel Taylor-Vick v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a manager's action raising claims under the False Claims Act against a medical facility that provides orthopedic care, and various of its doctors,...

Hepp v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act is affirmed over claims that: 1) claimant...