Blue Cross Montana Seeks To Merge Car Crash Suits

By Brendan Pierson

Law360, New York (November 02, 2009, 3:10 PM ET) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana Inc. has asked a federal court to consolidate three lawsuits accusing the health insurer of delaying or failing to pay benefits to car accident victims by relying on exclusions ruled invalid by Montana's commissioner of insurance.

In motions filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, BCBSM argues that the cases — two proposed class actions and one lawsuit filed by a husband and wife — should be consolidated because they involve the same insurance...
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Case Information

Case Title

(HC) Caldwell v. Walker

Court

California Eastern

Nature of Suit

Habeas Corpus (General)

Case Number

2:09-cv-00008

Judge

John A. Mendez

Date Filed

January 5, 2009

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