Sims v. Blue Cross Blue Shield

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF THE CASE2

The plaintiff, Valerie M. Sims, on October 27, 1999, filed a suit against Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Blue Cross), seeking review of a decision by the Louisiana Board of Review which denied her unemployment benefits.

On November 22, 1999, a peremptory exception of nonjoinder of a required party was filed by Blue Cross, asserting that Ms. Sims had failed to join the Secretary of the Department of Labor (Department) as a party to the lawsuit as required by La.R.S. 23:1634.

Apparently, based on the belief that an answer and an amended answer had been filed, a…