Hughley v. Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

In this medical benefits coverage dispute, defendant, Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation (RMHMO), appeals the Denver District Court’s issuance of its preliminary injunction directing it to pay some $133,000 for chemotherapy treatment of plaintiff, Janet Hughley, which defendant considered not to be a benefit under the contract providing health care benefits to plaintiff. In entering such injunction and in refusing to dismiss plaintiffs complaint or to stay proceedings, the Denver District Court concluded that the…