Tiara Yachts, Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

  1. July 08, 2025

    BCBS Of Mich. Wants Yacht Company's ERISA Fight Tossed

    A Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate urged a federal court to toss a yacht company's suit alleging mismanagement of its employee health plan, arguing its allegations that out-of-network claims were mishandled were time-barred and failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.

  2. February 28, 2023

    Mich. Blue Cross Unit Dodges Yacht Co.'s Billing Scheme Suit

    A Michigan federal judge on Monday dismissed a luxury yacht manufacturer's ERISA lawsuit against the Blue Cross Blue Shield unit that managed its employee health insurance plan, finding the suit was "at bottom a contractual dispute" that didn't fit the law's framework.

  3. November 16, 2022

    Blue Cross Tells Judge Yacht Co. Can't Allege Billing Scheme

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan urged a federal judge Tuesday to toss a suit accusing it of deliberately overpaying claims in a yacht company's self-funded health plan, arguing that the allegations it financially benefited didn't meet the burden for fraud claims even as the judge suggested the suit may belong in state court.