Karp v. CIGNA Healthcare, Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:11-cv-10361

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Timothy S Hillman

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  1. October 09, 2012

    Cigna Sex Bias Plaintiff Barely Dodges Sanctions

    A woman who filed a proposed $100 million sex bias class action against Cigna Healthcare Inc. will not face sanctions for challenging a decision that sent her claims to individual arbitration, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Friday, though he said it was a "close call." 

  2. August 16, 2012

    Cigna Slams Bid To Nix Arbitration In $100M Sex Bias Suit

    Cigna Corp. on Wednesday shot back at a bid by a woman who lodged a proposed $100 million sex bias class action against the company to get a decision compelling arbitration of her individual claims overturned, calling it an untimely rehashing of old arguments.

  3. August 02, 2012

    Arbitrating Cigna Sex Bias Suit Limits Rights, Worker Says

    A woman who lodged a proposed $100 million sex bias class action against Cigna Corp. told a Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday that an earlier ruling that forces her to arbitrate her claims individually would restrict her rights under the Civil Rights Act.

  4. April 19, 2012

    Cigna Pattern-Or-Practice Claim Can't Beat Arbitration Pact

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday explained his decision to compel arbitration of the individual plaintiff's claims in a proposed $100 million sex bias class action against Cigna Corp., saying that a pattern-or-practice claim is a procedural device and not a cause of action.

  5. March 30, 2012

    $100M CIGNA Sex Bias Suit Shut Down

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday dismissed a putative class action seeking $100 million for alleged widespread sex discrimination at Cigna Corp. and sent the employee plaintiff to arbitration.

  6. May 16, 2011

    $100M Sex Bias Suit Barred By Contract: Cigna

    An employee seeking $100 million for alleged widespread sex discrimination at Cigna Corp. must arbitrate her claims rather than pursue a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court, the health insurer argued Monday.