July 29, 2026
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will have to face a lawsuit from a west Michigan convenience store chain alleging that the healthcare insurer mismanaged its self-funded employee health plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act after a Michigan federal judge denied BCBSM's request to dismiss the case.
March 20, 2026
A federal judge granted Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's request to transfer a proposed class action alleging the insurance company violated federal benefits law by mismanaging claims in self-funded employee healthcare plans it administered, given that a similar, earlier-filed action was proceeding in an adjacent district.
July 08, 2025
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.
February 28, 2023
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.
November 16, 2022
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.