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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Feb. 11 sued a Connecticut hospital in federal court, claiming that its policy requiring individuals 70 and older to undergo ophthalmologic and neuropsychological examinations when seeking...

NEW YORK - A federal magistrate judge on Feb. 5 recommended denying dismissal of a class action suit brought by an elderly woman who claims that the holder of a reverse mortgage prematurely paid property taxes on her home, finding that she sufficiently...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel in two separate Feb. 6 opinions affirmed a lower court's denial of motions to enforce arbitration agreements in a multidefendant nursing home negligence case, finding in both instances that the...

NEW ORLEANS - The estate of a Mississippi man who died after he sued to challenge a city's seizure of his dog that allegedly escaped while the man was being transported to the hospital may proceed with the lawsuit, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A federal judge in Tennessee on Feb. 3 granted preliminary approval of a collective and class action settlement of age bias charges against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (Volkswagen AG) and its subsidiaries through which the employer...

DETROIT - A Michigan federal judge on Feb. 3 agreed with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that a declaratory judgment action stemming from a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware vice chancellor on Jan. 31 dismissed as untimely a class's claim under the Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (DUFTA) regarding $395 million in dividends that a long-term care insurer paid from 2012 to 2014 (Richard...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man filed a notice of appeal on Jan. 30 after his lawsuit against a county-owned nursing home for the death of his mother was dismissed on Jan. 22 when a federal judge determined that the negligence and wrongful death claims...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas appellate panel on Jan. 29 affirmed a lower court in finding that a nursing home cannot compel arbitration of a lawsuit filed by the daughter of a former resident as no arbitration agreement was validly formed, finding...

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Jan. 30 ordered a chancery court judge to transfer money in a registry of the court to a woman's estate, finding that the lower court abused its discretion by continuing to hold the funds after a conservatorship...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida appellate panel on Jan. 29 reversed an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) ruling invalidating seven amendments to rules governing assisted living facilities (ALFs) in the state, finding that the Department of Elder...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A class of Medicare recipients and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) were asked by a federal judge in Connecticut on Jan. 28 to brief a new series of questions in a lawsuit over out-of-pocket costs for admission to a skilled...

LOS ANGELES - A trial judge used an incorrect timing computation regarding the two-year statute of limitations for a motion to amend, a California appeals panel held Jan. 27, reversing the denial of a family's motion for leave to file a second amended...

PHOENIX - An Arizona panel in a Jan. 28 unpublished opinion affirmed a lower court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a negligence case against a nursing home, finding that claims related to a resident's death after falling out of her...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A senior living community worker's disparaging social media post about a resident did not constitute a "health record" because it contained no information about her medical condition, a Minnesota appeals panel ruled Jan...