Full text opinion in Anderson v. Sebelius (U.S. Dist. Ct., VT, No. 5:09-cv-16, Oct. 25, 2010)

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York held that the imposition of a monetary penalty on a nursing home for noncompliance with Medicare requirements without a jury trial did not violate the Seventh Amendment to...

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court on a variety of grounds, including that it had properly denied a conservator’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on his stepbrother’s fraud claim, finding that his stepbrother...