Sitaram v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare of North Texas, Inc.

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice ROSS.

Ram Sitaram and Tom Naug (together, Sitaram1), independent insurance agents, sued Aetna U.S. Healthcare of North Texas, Inc. (AUSHC) and NYLCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYHPI) for breach of a settlement agreement. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of AUSHC and NYHPI, and Sitaram appeals.

A substantial number of corporate acquisitions by Aetna, Inc. (Aetna), and a divestiture order, resulting from an antitrust action in federal court, led to questions of whether Aetna or one of its subsidiaries became liable under a settlement agreement entered into by…