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Case Name: Strausberg v. Laurel Healthcare Providers

Court: NM Supreme Court    Docket: 33,331

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Case Issue: Should a nursing facility have the burden of proving that an arbitration agreement between it and a nursing facility resident was not unconscionable?

Case Name: U.S. ex rel. Colquitt v. Abbott Labs

Court: U.S. Dist Ct. ND Tex.    Docket: 06-cv-01769-M

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Case Issue: Did Defendants defraud Medicare and Medicaid by causing hospitals to submit false claims for medical devices that were implanted into patients for uses that FDA has not approved?

Case Name: Virginia Office for Protection & Advocacy v. Stewart

Court: U.S. Supreme Court   Docket: 09-529

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Case Result: The state agency can sue its sister agency to facilitate its federal mandate to protect people with disabilities.

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