Djeneba Sidibe, et al v. Sutter Health

  1. June 04, 2024

    Divided 9th Circ. Reverses Sutter Health Antitrust Trial Victory

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday overturned Sutter Health's win in insurance plan purchasers' $400 million antitrust suit, ruling that the lower court wrongly excluded "highly relevant" evidence — including admissions by Sutter executives — that would've helped the purchasers potentially prove claims they overpaid thanks to Sutter's anticompetitive conduct.

  2. August 24, 2023

    9th Circ. Judge Open To Reversing Sutter Health Antitrust Win

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared to lean toward undoing Sutter Health's trial court victory in a $400 million antitrust suit brought by insurance plan purchasers, as she repeatedly questioned during oral arguments before a three-judge panel why certain evidence was excluded from trial and how a jury could "do their duty" without seeing it.

  3. February 24, 2023

    Insurance Buyers Push 9th Circ. To Undo Antitrust Verdict

    A group of employers and individuals urged the Ninth Circuit to undo a jury verdict rejecting antitrust claims that a hospital chain drove up insurance premiums by pressuring insurers into all-or-nothing contracts for its facilities, claiming the court erred by excluding pre-2006 evidence.

  4. January 11, 2023

    AHA Backs Sutter Health Volume Insurance Deals To 9th Circ.

    The American Hospital Association threw its weight behind Sutter Health in one of two amicus briefs urging the Ninth Circuit not to undo a jury verdict rejecting antitrust claims that the hospital chain drove up insurance costs by pressuring insurers into all-or-nothing contracts for its facilities.

  5. January 05, 2023

    9th Circ. Urged To Uphold Insurance Buyers' Antitrust Loss

    Sutter Health is fighting to convince the Ninth Circuit not to touch a jury verdict that sided with the hospital chain in an antitrust suit that accused it of driving up the cost of insurance by requiring insurers to contract with all its facilities in order to access any specific one.

  6. October 03, 2022

    Insurance Buyers Appeal Antitrust Loss To Sutter Health

    Health insurance plan purchasers seeking more than $400 million from Sutter Health on claims they overpaid because the hospital chain violated antitrust laws urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to reverse a California federal jury verdict that sided with Sutter, saying the court wrongly blocked "vast" amounts of relevant evidence.