5th Circ. Won't Revive Lyme Disease Patients' Suit Over Study

By Gina Kim ( November 17, 2023, 6:53 PM EST) -- The Fifth Circuit has upheld an order tossing a group of patients' claims of fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation against a professional medical society for publishing guidelines that allegedly allowed insurers to deny coverage for chronic Lyme disease, finding the guidelines aren't actionable simply because the patients disagree with those conclusions....

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