Legal Opinion
Ocean State Physicians Health Plan, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 1989No. 88-1851PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, Ocean State Physicians Health Plan, Inc. (“Ocean State”) and a certified class of Ocean State’s participating physicians, brought suit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (“Blue Cross"), alleging that Blue Cross had acted unlawfully to exclude Ocean State from the health care insurance marketplace. A jury found that Blue Cross was guilty of violating section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2 (1982) and also was liable under Rhode Island common law for tortiously interfering with the contractual relationships between Ocean State and the…
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