Sellers, Jr. v. Anthem, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOSEPH SELLERS, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 16-2428 (TJK) ANTHEM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This case is a cautionary tale about contract negotiations and a monument to Murphy’s Law. Plaintiffs Joseph Sellers, Jr., and Richard McClees, the trustees of a disability-benefits plan—the Plan, for short—sued Defendant Anthem Life Insurance Company. They alleged (among other things) that Anthem either breached two January 2015 contracts by failing to pay the Plan money owed or—if those…