|
|
News Detail
Victory on Behalf of Health Plan by New York Attorneys Summarized by Bloomberg Law Report
April 2009
Congratulations to New York attorneys Mike Bernstein and John Seybert, whose recent victory on behalf of a health plan was summarized in the Bloomberg Law Report. The attorneys obtained a dismissal with prejudice of a putative national class action in a claim of wrongfully denied mental healthcare benefits filed in federal court. Plaintiff, an enrollee in his employer-sponsored health insurance plan, alleged that our client systematically and wrongfully denied in-patient mental healthcare benefits to plan beneficiaries, such as plaintiff's daughter, who suffered from eating disorders. Our client denied coverage for this out-of-network treatment because it was not covered by the plan. Sedgwick successfully moved for dismissal on the grounds that the plan terms were unambiguous and that the treatment in question was not covered.
|
Related People
Related Offices
|