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Pamela Sue Praytor appeals a district court order affirming the Commissioner’s denial of disability benefits. She contends an administrative law judge (ALJ) incorrectly evaluated her treating physician’s opinion and her credibility. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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Springfield, MA - Stanley J. Graziano sued 135 Benton Drive Operating Company, LLC, and Redstone Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on personal injury negligence theories.

Dallas, TX - Dallas Physicians and Nurses Sentenced to Prison for Role in $11 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Tulsa, OK - Michael Toelle and Evenly Toelle sued Senior Citizens Nursing Center, Inc., d/b/a Cedarcrest Care Center on medical negligence theories claiming did not take proper care of Lyn Toelle, age 86, who suffered from early stages on Alzheimer's disease and other ailments when she was admitted to Defendant's care on September 2, 2015. On October 11, 2015 due to Defendant's care sustained pro

Mitchell D. Webster appeals from his conviction and sentence following a jury
trial on one count of gross neglect of a patient in violation of R.C. 2903.34(A)(2), a first
degree misdemeanor.
{¶ 2} Webster advances two assignments of error. First, he challenges the legal
sufficiency and manifest weight of the evidence to support his conviction. Second, he
claims the trial

This is an interlocutory appeal concerning the denial of a motion to compel
arbitration. Appellants are Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC; Central Arkansas
Nursing Centers, Inc.; Nursing Consultants, Inc. d/b/a Professional Nursing and
Rehabilitation Services; Tina Lynette Beard, individually and as nursing home
administrator for Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC; Micha

On November 16, 2016, a grand jury indicted Smith for:
. . . intentionally and knowingly engag[ing] in conduct that caused serious bodily injury to [W.S.][2], an individual who was at least 65 years of age by hitting the said [W.S.] on the head

[and] . . . recklessly engag[ing] in conduct that caused serious bodily injury to [W.S.], an individual who was at least 65 years of age b

The Tubbses own and operate a farm in a floodplain near the Missouri River in Holt
County, Missouri. The farm is located just southeast of Big Lake and about three-and-a-half
miles east of the Missouri River. BNSF, an interstate freight railroad, owns and operates a track
that runs east to west across the floodplain and bisects the Tubbses’ farm. The track sits atop an
ear

On November 13, 2015, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a twenty-four-year-old woman, Letty Mathow,3 left her Fort Worth apartment to go to nursing school. As Mathow walked down the stairs, she was approached by Dunn—a person who lived in the same apartment complex and whom Mathow had met once before. Mathow stated that Dunn asked her if he could use her cell phone because he did not have a pho

Following a trial, the probate court approved, subject to a $93,036.75 surcharge,
the first and final account and report of trustee (First Report), filed by Melodie Z. Scott
(Trustee), trustee of The A’Yana McDonald Special Needs Trust (the trust). (Prob. Code, §§ 1061-1064.)1
Trustee raises three issues on appeal. First, Trustee contends
the probate court did not apply the cor

Following a trial, the probate court approved, subject to a $93,036.75 surcharge,
the first and final account and report of trustee (First Report), filed by Melodie Z. Scott
(Trustee), trustee of The A’Yana McDonald Special Needs Trust (the trust). (Prob.
2
Code, §§ 1061-1064.)1
Trustee raises three issues on appeal. First, Trustee contends
the probate court did not a

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they wer

We summarize the facts that the jury could have found at trial, reserving certain details for our discussion of the legal issues. The defendant was in an on-again, off-again relationship with the victim. The couple had two children together. The victim's sister occasionally lived with the victim and the defendant, but the sister did not get along with the defendant. 3 The victim's