Legal Opinion
Sutter Health Uninsured Pricing Cases
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 27, 2009No. C054983PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
Lawyers with an apparently weaker case attempted to intervene in an apparently stronger class action case. The trial court denied the motion to intervene and overruled objections to the proposed settlement.
In the apparently stronger case, a class of uninsured patients sued Sutter Health, alleging that it improperly denied them the discounts it granted insured patients. After much pretrial skirmishing and massive discovery, a retired judge (Hon. Coleman Fannin) mediated a settlement representing nearly a complete victory for the plaintiffs, including attorney fees.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Foreman & Clark Corp. v. FallonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Evangelatos v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- Palermo v. Stockton Theatres, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1948
- Kaufman & Broad Communities, Inc. v. Performance Plastering, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2005
- Dawson v. PastrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Durell v. Sharp HealthcareCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
- Hale v. Sharp HealthcareCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
- People v. JTH Tax, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2013
- Fernandes v. Singh, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- Roos v. Honeywell International, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2015
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