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Personal injury - Supreme Court rules in favor of injured mechanic and against health insurer

  • Shook & Stone
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2013

This past April, in a 5-to-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of an injured airline mechanic and against his employer. The

U.S. Supreme Court decision on DOMA may impact status of children of same-sex spouses for employee benefits purposes

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2013

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defines marriage at the federal level as a legal union between one man and one woman and excuses states from any

Back to the future for damages in California, future damages must relate back to past paid (not billed) medical charges

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In Corenbaum v. Lampkin, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2013 WL 1801996 (Cal.App. 2 Dist.), the court made it clear that when calculating damages in a

NT v FS and others

  • Thirty Nine Essex Street
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 3 2013

This was an application by NT (‘the Deputy’) for authority to execute a statutory will on behalf of F who was now 74 with Alzheimer’s dementia. A

Is dissatisfaction with bedroom performance a 'recognisable psychiatric illness'?

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 20 2013

The Times reports today that 'millions of people risk being labelled as mentally ill under new classifications which have prompted calls for a

Court of Protection refuses permission for sterilisation of young woman with Down’s syndrome

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 8 2013

The Court of Protection has ruled that a "delightful, warm, engaging and affectionate" 21-year-old woman with Down's syndrome should not be

Level of care for prisoners

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 8 2013

On 8 February 2013, the Divisional Court handed down judgment in the case of R (on the application of Hall) v University College Hospitals NHS

Continuing symptoms and undervalued personal injury claims

  • Anthony Gold Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 11 2013

Where a medical expert examines a personal injury claimant whose symptoms are continuing, the expert will give a prognosis for future recovery. For

High-profile lawsuits headed to the Sixth Circuit in 2013

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Last year was an active year for the Sixth Circuit, particularly on its business docket. As you know from following our blog, the Sixth Circuit

Drug maker defeats AG motion to dismiss action challenging private contingency counsel

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

We have warned readers before about the dangerous and growing practice of governmental agencies delegating state police powers to private (plaintiff