07 Jan Negron v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
Plaintiffs are suing Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and OptumRx, Inc., in the District of Connecticut, on behalf of a class of patients who purchased prescription drugs pursuant to a Cigna plan, alleging that Cigna and Optum engaged in a fraudulent and deceptive scheme to artificially inflate the prices of prescription drugs. Specifically, under the relevant health plans, the cost shares (copayments, coinsurance, and deductible payments) paid by patients should be based on the amount actually paid to pharmacies. Cigna and Optum are alleged to have secretly calculated cost shares using an inflated price causing patients to overpay and, in many instances, pay more than the pharmacies were actually paid. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants’ conduct violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
Class: Certain participants in Cigna health plans who were overcharged for prescription drugs.
Status: The court issued an order granting partial summary judgement for Defendants on March 27, 2023.
Attach:
- MEMORANDUM OF DECISION DENYING, IN PART, MOTION TO DISMISS
- SECOND AMENDED CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT
- MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
- MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO CERTIFY CLASS
- DEFENDANT’S MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
- ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS
- JOINT STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE AS TO OPTUM
- ORDER DENYING CLASS CERTIFICATION
- CIGNA’S PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
- PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO CIGNA’S PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
- CIGNA’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
- SUR-REPLY IN FURTHER OPPOSITION TO CIGNA’S PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
- MINUTE ENTRY FOR ORAL ARGUMENT ON NOVEMBER 17, 2022
- ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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