Class Action Litigation Report® Index-Summary

HEALTH CARE

– Antitrust, non-direct purchasers of hypodermic products object to settlement (D.N.J.), 484
– Auditor liability, HealthSouth settlement approved (N.D. Ala.), 340
– Blood factor concentrates, Taiwanese contamination claims may proceed in California (N.D. Ill.), 68; claims time-barred in both Taiwan and California, 377
– Cholesterol, misrepresentation claims filed after FDA warning letter to cereal firm (E.D. Cal.), 465
– Diagnostic testing services, improper billing, class of patients with state and federal claims certified (D.N.J.), 165
– Drugs

See PHARMACEUTICALS

– 401(k) plans, Boston Scientific alleged to have included artificially inflated stock (D. Mass.), 6
– Hospitals

See HOSPITALS

– Human tissue and body parts, counsel documents not created in anticipation of litigation, production compelled (D.N.J.), 486
– Insurance

See HEALTH INSURANCE

– Medicaid

– – Mentally retarded patients where services were denied or delayed may pursue claims (M.D. Ala.), 484
– – Nursing homes, re-basing of rates each year not required, summary judgment granted to state (Okla. Dist. Ct.), 497

– Medical devices

See MEDICAL DEVICES

– Medical records, federal data security standard of care may become benchmark, 292
– Medicare, delay of benefit notices challenged (E.D. Pa.), 420
– Retirement benefits

See RETIREMENT

– Securities fraud

– – Medicare program, claims re false statements may proceed (M.D. Tenn.), 329
– – Study, most claims against biotechnology companies related to accounting or financials, 397

– Sex discrimination, Veterans Affairs female nurse practitioners lack Equal Pay Act claim (Fed. Cl.), 127
– Weight-loss vitamins, state unjust enrichment laws too variable, national class certification denied (E.D. Ark.), 218

HEALTH INSURANCE

– Autism, coverage denied for therapy deemed experimental, certification denied (E.D. Mich.), 316
– Bundling and downcoding, settlement remanded for further review of attorneys' fees and cross-examination of expert (N.J. Super. Ct.), 333
– Ca., emergency room physicians file claims over Medicaid reimbursement program (Cal. Super. Ct.), 106
– Eating disorders, settlement includes expanded coverage and reimbursements for denied claims (D.N.J.), 394
– Medicare, delay of benefit notices challenged (E.D. Pa.), 420
– Out-of-network providers

– – Aetna and CIGNA underpayment, claims filed (D.N.J.), 159
– – UnitedHealth settles physician claims (S.D.N.Y.), 72

– Ovarian cancer treatment, reversal of reimbursement decision leaves emotional distress claims (Cal. Super. Ct.), 213
– Physician group denied class certification in reimbursement claim against insurers and PPO (C.D. Ill.), 111
– Preferred providers, chiropractor may pursue third-party benefit claim for failure to steer patients to practice (S.D. Ill.), 277
– Prescription drug benefit copayments, claims by retirees and union over increase (E.D. Mich.), 55
– Retirement benefits, class claiming right to lifetime benefits certified (E.D. Mich.), 110
– Retroactive cancellation, company settles claim (Cal. Super. Ct.), 194
– Uninsured patients allegedly overcharged, Resurrection hospitals settle claims (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 31; settlement approved, 75

HOSPITALS

– Nurses, antitrust wage claim, preliminary settlement approval sought (N.D.N.Y.), 239; second settlement approval request in series of claims (E.D. Mich.), 340
– Uninsured patients allegedly overcharged, Resurrection hospitals settle claims (Ill. Cir. Ct.), 31; settlement approved, 75

HURRICANES

See NATURAL DISASTERS