Case Name: Hutchinson v. Patrick

Court: U.S. Ct. App. 1st Cir.    Docket: 10-1268

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Case Result: After the parties reached a negotiated settlement resolving the substance of a complicated class action which was approved by district court, the court awarded the plaintiffs attorneys' fees and expenses; on appeal, the court upheld the findings that plaintiffs were prevailing parties, relief obtained was sufficiently final to justify a fee award, and that the district court acted within its discretion in fixing the amount.

Case Name: Immel v. Lumpkin

Court: U.S. Ct. App. 6th Cir.   Docket: 09-3182 

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Case Result: Appeal dismissed as moot due to death of appellant.

Case Name: Johnson v. Kindred Healthcare

Court: Mass. App. Ct.    Docket: 2012-P-1403

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Case Issue: Can a nursing facility enforce a pre-dispute arbitration clause against a family member suing for wrongful death when the family member signed admission agreement pursuant to statutory authority as health care proxy?

Case Name: Klotz v. Shapiro

Court: Mo. Supreme Ct.    Docket: SC90107

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Case Result: Retroactive application of statutory noneconomic damage caps violated Missouri constitution.

Case Name: Laizure v. Avante at Leesburg

Court: Fla. Supreme Ct.    Docket: SC10-2132

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Case Result: Wrongful death claims are derived from the claims of deceased nursing facility resident making the heirs bound by arbitration agreement signed by resident.

Case Name: Lee v. Dudek

Court: U.S. Dist. Ct. Fla.    Docket: 4:08-cv-00026-RH-WCS

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Case Result: As a result of the lawsuit over 1,600 people were moved out of nursing homes and into homes and community based settings with appropriate support and services.

Case Name: Levine v. Ventura Convalescent Hospital

Court: Superior Court of Ventura, CA    Docket: 56-2011-00406719

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Case Issue: Does nursing facility's failure to ensure informed consent before administering medication to nursing facility residents violate the California Patient Bill of Rights?

Case Name: Licata v. GGNSC Malden Dexter

Court: Mass. App. Ct.    Docket: 2012-P-1251

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Case Issue: Can a nursing facility enforce a pre-dispute arbitration clause against a family member suing for wrongful death when the family member signed admission agreement pursuant to statutory authority as health care proxy?

Case Name: Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co. v. Bayer AG

Court: U.S. Supreme Court  Docket: 10-762 

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Case Result: Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari.