Legal Opinion
John L. Hill, Francine Barnes, Franchot Barnes, Francesca Barnes, and Glory Celestine v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 13, 2005No. 03-2607PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants John L. Hill, Francine Barnes, Franchot Barnes, Francesca Barnes, and Glory Celestine (“Plaintiffs”) filed the instant putative class action against Defendant-Appellee Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan (“BCBSM”), the third-party administrator for Plaintiffs’ employer-sponsored health insurance program (“the Program”). Plaintiffs allege that BCBSM’s handling of their claims for emergency-medical-treatment expenses resulted in the wrongful denial of benefits and constituted a breach of BCBSM’s fiduciary duties to Program members under the…
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