Laws, Regulations, Cases & Other Resources

Ostroff v. Alterra Healthcare Corp., 433 F. Supp. 2d 538 (D. Pa. 2006)

At admission to assisted living facility, daughter who was completing documents indicated she wanted to have residency agreement reviewed by…

3 years ago

Glover v. Liggett Group, Inc., 459 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2006)

Plaintiff brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(3)(A) to recover funds for the Medicare program attributable to cigarette smoking. The…

3 years ago

Delta Health Group, Inc. v. United States HHS, 459 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (D. Fla. 2006)

CMS sought to impose a civil monetary penalty on the successor of a fined nursing home where the successor accepted…

3 years ago

James v. Richman, 465 F. Supp. 2d 395 (D. Pa. 2006)

A community spouse purchased an actuarially sound single-premium irrevocable annuity for $250,000 for the purpose of spending down excess assets…

3 years ago

Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Beaver, 466 F.3d 1289 (11th Cir. 2006)

The district court granted insurer's motion to defense where insurer claimed it had no duty to defend case where the…

3 years ago

United States ex rel. Atkins v. McInteer, 470 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2006)

A physician brought a qui tam action against two other physicians and several health care providers after a nurse showed…

3 years ago

Redwood v. Dobson, 476 F.3d 462 (7th Cir. 2007)

The court identifies this litigation as a "grudge match." When counsel spent the first 30 pages of a deposition reviewing…

3 years ago

Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, 546 U.S. 440 (U.S. 2006)

This is not a nursing home case. Justice Scalia, writing for the Court, framed the issue as whether a court…

3 years ago

Ark. HHS v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (U.S. 2006)

In Arkansas Dept. Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006), Heidi Ahlborn suffered severe and permanent injuries at age…

3 years ago

Strine v. Commonwealth Med. Care Availability & Reduction of Error Fund, 586 Pa. 395 (Pa. 2006)

Suit was filed after a CNA failed to check the water temperature before bathing resident; resident was burned and died…

3 years ago