February 27, 2017
A California federal judge emphatically rejected surgery centers' second attempt to disqualify a judge overseeing their sprawling litigation alleging UnitedHealth and others owe the clinics for weight-loss surgeries, abruptly ending a hearing Monday after excoriating the centers' attorney for "being cute" and not answering questions.
December 20, 2016
A group of surgery centers urged a California federal court Monday to disqualify a federal judge from a case over whether UnitedHealth must pay for weight-loss surgeries under employee health plans, saying the judge has a conflict of interest that "destroyed" their relationship with their counsel.