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.
Addington v. Texas
Aetna Health v. Davila
Arato v. Avedon
Bartling v. Superior Court
Berman v. Allan
Bouvia v. Superior Court
Brophy v. New England Sinai Hospital
Buck v. Bell
Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals
Canterbury v. Spence
Cobbs v. Grant
Compassion in Dying v. Washington
Conservatorship of Wendland
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital
Emory University v. Porubiansky
Estelle v. Gamble
Gonzales v. Carhart
Gonzales v. Oregon
Harnish v. Children's Hospital Medical Center
Hecht v. Superior Court
Herdrich v. Pegram
Horne v. Patton
In re Conroy
In re Quinlan
Jacobson v. Massachusetts
Johnson v. Calvert
Johnson v. Misericordia Community Hospital
Kentucky Association of Health Plans v. Miller
Largey v. Rothman
Matthies v. Mastromonaco
Natanson v. Kline
O'Connor v. Donaldson
Pegram v. Herdrich
Planned Parenthood of Indiana v. Commissioner
Rennie v. Klein
Ricks v. Budge
Riggins v. Nevada
Rochin v. California
Roe v. Doe
Rush Prudential HMO v. Moran
Schiavo ex rel. Schindler v. Schiavo
Schloendorff v. Society of New York Hospital
Shine v. Vega
Shorter v. Drury
Smith v. Cote
Superintendent of Belchertown v. Saikewicz
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (Tarasoff II)
Thor v. Superior Court
Truman v. Thomas
Washington v. Harper
Wickline v. State of California
Wilson v. Blue Cross of Southern California
Wyatt v. Stickney
Zinermon v. Burch