Health Law Case Briefs
Health law encompasses the regulation of healthcare delivery, patient rights, bioethics, public health, and the legal obligations of healthcare providers. The course covers informed consent, medical malpractice, healthcare fraud, insurance regulation, and the intersection of law and medicine.
The cases below include important decisions on informed consent, end-of-life care, reproductive rights, healthcare access, and provider liability. You will find cases addressing the standard of care in medical practice, hospital liability, mental health law, and regulatory frameworks governing pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Each brief is formatted for law-school study to help you master health law concepts for class, outlines, and final exams.
Adams v. City of Chicago
AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. Los Angeles County
Bartling v. Superior Court
Blue Cross of California v. Anselmo
Cameron v. Bielski
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention v. Glanz
Childress v. City of Chicago
Conant v. Walters
Countryside Assoc. v. Board of Health
Dennis v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Gemini v. Massachusetts
Green v. State
In re Estate of Stokes
In re M.T.
In re Marriage of Williams
Kaiser Family Foundation v. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Klein v. Board of Health
Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
Oregon v. Ashcroft
Sampson v. California
Schaefer v. Herber
Sheffield v. Board of Education
Simon v. Eastern Kentucky University
Sullivan v. National Union Fire Insurance Company
Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
Sweeney v. The State
Tobacco Control Program v. Flanagan
United States v. American Medical Association
United States v. Bock
Whitner v. South Carolina
Wife of Zeller v. Zeller
Wilson v. Blue Cross of Southern California