Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 22, 1993No. 845, Docket 92-7923PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Griesa, J., dismissing the plaintiffs’ breach of contract class action against defendant insurance carrier for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, 796 F.Supp. 764.
This action was brought by subscribers to several major medical insurance plans issued by defendant Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Empire), challenging Empire’s January 1, 1990 reformulation of the geographic zones used in determining physician reimbursement amounts. On that date, Empire…
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