10 results for 'judge:"Harpool"'.
J. Harpool finds for the nonprofit in a suit challenging Missouri's administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which has understaffed the program's call center leading to unacceptable wait times and thousands of calls that cannot be completed. In 2023, almost 60,000 applications were denied for failure to complete an interview. These denials were not based on the merits of the applications but the failure of the system to offer a reasonable opportunity to interview. The agency must file a report within 30 days detailing the changes it will make to SNAP benefits reasonably accessible, as well as file monthly reports on the number of applications denied due to the failure to conduct timely interviews.
Court: USDC Western District of Missouri, Judge: Harpool, Filed On: May 9, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv4026, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Administrative Law, Government, Agency
J. Harpool finds for the union and denies the employer's request to overturn an arbitration decision finding the employer violated its obligation to pay part of a union member's insurance premiums while on long-term disability for one month. The employer's policy of not partially paying the employee's health insurance benefits while he was on disability contracts the plain language of the parties' collective bargaining agreement.
Court: USDC Western District of Missouri, Judge: Harpool, Filed On: January 17, 2024, Case #: 622cv3227, NOS: Arbitration - Other Suits, Categories: Contract, Labor / Unions
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J. Harpool grants the medical device maker's motion to dismiss a product liability suit filed by a patient who claims that her SmartPort CT-Injectable Port, implanted for the purpose of her ongoing chemotherapy, caused her to become infected and develop sepsis. The patient's claims are untimely, as she knew or should have known at the time she underwent surgery to remove the port in 2013, that the product was responsible for her injuries.
Court: USDC Western District of Missouri, Judge: Harpool, Filed On: December 7, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv4066, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Civil Procedure, Product Liability
J. Harpool denies the pharmaceutical defendants' motion to dismiss the hospitals' action seeking damages for the cost of treating patients who abuse opioids, alleging the defendants marketed and promoted the opioid drugs in a way that created an epidemic of drug abuse. The hospitals have adequately alleged that defendants employed deceptive practices in the marketing and sales of opioid drugs, and failed to report large distributions as required by law to prevent harm to local communities.
Court: USDC Western District of Missouri, Judge: Harpool, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 6:22cv3192, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Fraud, Health Care, Negligence
J. Harpool finds for the university in a First Amendment suit filed by a vegetarian activist against a university regulation providing that non-university affiliates get written permission before using university grounds or be deemed guilty of trespass. There is no evidence that anyone every applied this regulation to the activist's leafletting activities. Despite several run-ins with the university administration, he continues to distribute his pamphlets without anyone deeming him to be trespassing.
Court: USDC Western District of Missouri, Judge: Harpool, Filed On: August 24, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv4239, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Property, First Amendment