Legal Opinion
Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin v. Marshfield Clinic
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 1995No. Nos. 95-1965, 95-2140PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin (“Blue Cross” for short), and its subsidiary, Compcare Health Services Insurance Corporation, a health maintenance organization (HMO), brought suit last year under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2, against the Marshfield Clinic and its HMO subsidiary, Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc. After a two-week trial, the jury brought in a verdict for both plaintiffs that, after remittitur, trebling, and addition of attorneys’ fees, produced a judgment just short of $20 million to which the judge then added a…
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