Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula v. Aetna Life Insurance

ORDER GRANTING-IN-PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PAUL S. GREWAL, United States Magistrate Judge

Two years ago, a patient insured by Defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company sought treatment on three separate occasions from Plaintiff Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Aetna verified that the patient was eligible for coverage, but refused CHOMP’s demand that it pay 100 percent of the charges billed. *1045CHOMP then filed this suit against Aetna, alleging that Aetna’s refusal to pay $167,704.11 plus interest constituted, among other things, negligent misrepresentation,…