AOL

Oakland judge accused of mental disability back on bench

Oakland County Judge Kirsten Nielsen Hartig was handling cases Tuesday, March 31, just a week after two neuropsychologists offered contrasting testimony on whether she has a mild neurocognitive ...
Oregonian

Disability Rights Oregon asks judge to hold state in contempt for delay in admissions to psychiatric hospital

Disability Rights Oregon on Tuesday asked a judge to find the state of Oregon in contempt of a court order, citing its failure to admit jailed criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital ...
JD Supra

Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Reverses Dismissal of Medical Marijuana Cardholder’s Disability Discrimination Claim

While considering a motion to certify an appeal, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville reversed his March 2025 dismissal of a disability discrimination claim under the Pennsylvania Human Relations ...
JD Supra

Judicial Conduct and Disability Committee Has Its Say, Denies Judge Newman’s Latest Request for Review – Patent Docs

The course of the proceedings involving the attempts to remove Judge Pauline Newman from the Federal Circuit is long, and in many senses tragic (see links below). Just when you might think the last ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Rare Federal Court Decision Awards Social Security Disability to Local North Providence Woman

In a rare move, US District Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. reversed a ruling by a local Social Security disability judge and outright awarded disability benefits to a North Providence woman, Maria ...
Law

Judge Dismisses Nurse's Disability Discrimination Suit Over Medical Leave, Siding With CHOP

Judge Dismisses Nurse's Disability Discrimination Suit Over Medical Leave, Siding With CHOP A former Children's Hospital of Philadelphia nurse filed suit against the hospital, claiming she was fired ...
Biloxi Sun Herald

Disability denials can amount to a ‘death sentence,’ judge says in Mississippi case

Carl Boatner suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, two liver diseases, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorder. The ...
The Times Leader

Social Security judge accused of disability scheme

WASHINGTON — A retired Social Security judge in West Virginia collaborated with a lawyer to improperly award disability benefits to hundreds of applicants, according to a report released Monday by ...
The Grio

Ex NFL players can sue league over denied disability claims, judge rules

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawsuit accusing the NFL’s disability plan of violating its duty to retired players by routinely denying valid injury claims can proceed to trial on most counts, a federal judge ...