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Zhu v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board

C.A. 2nd; B278696 The Second Appellate District annulled a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and remanded. The court held that…
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Daily Business Review

Health Officials Move Forward With Medical Marijuana Plans

Florida health officials have laid out a new process to implement the voter-approved constitutional amendment broadly legalizing medical marijuana, as they attempt to meet deadlines included in the November ballot measure.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jones v. Berryhill

ALJ Failed to Develop Record, Should Explain Her Decision Mental Impairments Not Severe
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New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Hear Arguments Over Horizon's Omnia Plan

Lawyers squared off before the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday over whether Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state's largest health insurer, can proceed with its planned rollout of its two-tiered Omnia Health Alliance Insurance Plan.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Blue Cross Accused of Underpaying Walker County's Only Hospital

A lawsuit filed by Cornerstone Medical Center claims the hospital is losing $9,600 a month because the insurer is not honoring its contract.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Battle Over Hospitals' Tax Status Heats Up

As speculation proved true that a 2015 Tax Court decision providing for taxation of nonprofit hospitals would result in a wave of litigation, lawmakers are once again trying to solve the problem in Trenton.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Opioid Overprescribing Charges Dropped Against Doctor Who Blamed Big Pharma

A federal judge in the Eastern District has dismissed charges accusing a Long Island doctor of overprescribing opioid medication. The doctor had used the novel defense of accusing pharmaceutical companies of being responsible, but the judge dismissed the charges because the indictment failed to include necessary statutory elements. U.S. Attorney's office says it will file a new indictment.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Says State Can't Be Sued Over Abortion Law

The justices ruled Monday that the state cannot be sued over a controversial law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks and gives prosecutors access to women's medical records—but they leave the door open to other challenges.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Reilly v. City of Harrisburg, PICS Case No. 17-0879 (3Cir. May 25, 2017) Ambro, J. (13 pages).

Plaintiffs, in proving their entitlement to a preliminary injunction in their First Amendment claim, were not necessarily required to prove that each of the four factors were in their clear favor, but instead only required to prove, as a threshold matter, that it was more likely than not to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of relief. Order of the district court reversed, case remanded.
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New York Law Journal

Split Panel Allows Med Mal Suit Over Contraceptive Device to Proceed

A split First Department panel allowed the lawsuit against Montefiore Medical Center, brought by a 17-year-old who suffered a pulmonary embolism and brain damage, to proceed based largely on a physician's statements that, "if the nurse practitioner had removed the NuvaRing, and referred plaintiff for further assessment, all of the subsequent injuries and complications suffered by plaintiff would have been avoided."
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