Firm Client Brings “Medical Necessity”Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Insurer’s Coverage Denials For Drug Screening And Treatment
August 2020 | NewsCollyer Smith, a Michigan resident, has commenced a class action lawsuit in federal court in Indiana challenging his health insurer’s practice of presumptively denying coverage for UA drug testing and Intensive Outpatient treatment. Both UA drug testing and Intensive Outpatient […]
MoreFirm Client Defeats Blue Cross Motion To Dismiss, Health Insurer’s Offset Practices At Issue
March 2020 | NewsOn March 24, 2020, a Minnesota federal district court judge adopted a magistrate’s report that recommended that a firm’s client’s case that challenges the “offset” practices of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. The case, captioned J.P. and M.K. […]
MoreMagistrate Ruling Affirmed By Trial Judge
March 2020 | NewsOn February 28, 2020, the Trial Court adopted a Magistrate’s Recommendation that summary judgment be granted in part in favor of a firm client challenging his daughter’s denial of coverage at a residential treatment center. The ruling, in effect, finds […]
More“High Stakes” Honor
February 2020 | NewsI am honored to announce that I have been recognized among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2020. Selection to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most exceptional trial attorneys in high […]
MoreMagistrate Recommends Finding That Could Invalidate Insurer’s RTC Exclusion
January 2020 | NewsIn L.P. v. BCBSM, Inc., No. 18-cv-1241 (D. Minn. January 17, 2020), a magistrate has recommended a finding that, if affirmed, could result in a finding that Blue Cross of Minnesota’s residential treatment center coverage exclusion violates the federal Parity […]
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