Legal Opinion

Northwest Administrators, Inc. v. Cutter

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 9, 2009No. 08-35156Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM *

Ralph W. Cutter (“Cutter”) appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Northwest Administrators, Inc. (“Northwest”) in Northwest’s lawsuit for restitution of medical payments it made for the cancer treatment of Rosalie Dever-eaux (“Devereaux”), an individual Cutter listed as his spouse in his health plans. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

Northwest was entitled to the equitable remedy of restitution despite the fact that Cutter never possessed the medical payments it made for Devereaux’s treatment. Cutter wrongfully signed Devereaux up for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. KnudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Carmen Peralta v. Hispanic Business, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  4. Thompson v. Department of LicensingWashington Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Thompson v. State Dept. of LicensingWashington Supreme Court · 1999

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