OPEN MRI AND IMAGING OF RP VESTIBULAR DIAGNOSTICS, P.A. v. CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

  1. October 24, 2023

    Cigna Will Not Receive Atty Fees In Tossed COVID Suit

    A New Jersey radiology lab will not have to pay attorney fees and costs to Cigna for the lab's $1.5 million suit seeking reimbursements for COVID-19 services, with a federal judge ruling Tuesday that the case being tossed was a sufficient sanction.

  2. September 15, 2023

    Court Adopts Report Tossing COVID Lab Suit Against Cigna

    A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a Rochelle Park radiology lab's suit seeking $1.5 million from Cigna for COVID-19 services, adopting a magistrate judge's finding that the lab refused to cooperate in discovery, and its attempts to blame its previous attorney did not excuse it.

  3. August 29, 2023

    Lab's Stonewalling Should Free Cigna From Suit, Judge Says

    A New Jersey federal judge has recommended tossing a Rochelle Park radiology lab's $1.5 million complaint seeking reimbursement from Cigna for COVID-19 services, finding that the lab refused to cooperate in discovery and that its attempts to blame its previous attorney did not excuse it.

  4. May 05, 2023

    Cigna Wants COVID Lab Suit Tossed Over Misconduct

    Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. asked a New Jersey federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from a radiology lab seeking nearly $1.5 million in reimbursement for COVID-19 services, claiming that unsealed documents reveal ongoing misconduct that merits the suit being thrown out.

  5. November 28, 2022

    Lab's Lawyer Resigns, Cigna Can File Sanctions In COVID Suit

    An unpaid attorney for a radiology lab seeking nearly $1.5 million in reimbursement for COVID-19 services will resign as counsel in the lab's case against Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. and Cigna can seek sanctions against the lab, a New Jersey federal judge said.

  6. November 16, 2022

    Cigna Demands Unpaid Lawyer Continue COVID-19 Lab Suit

    Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. blasted a motion from an unpaid attorney for a radiology lab who asked to be removed as counsel from his client's New Jersey federal suit seeking nearly $1.5 million in reimbursement for COVID-19 services the lab said are covered by insurance because of federal legislation.

  7. September 20, 2022

    Cigna Slams NJ Lab's 'Contempt' In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

    Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. said a radiology lab has turned over deficient patient claims information in pursuing a New Jersey federal lawsuit seeking about $1.5 million for COVID-19 services, citing the entity's allegedly "flagrant contempt" of court processes in other Garden State cases.

  8. May 19, 2022

    Cigna Can't Evade NJ Lab's $1.5M COVID-19 Coverage Suit

    A New Jersey federal court refused to toss a Garden State radiology lab's lawsuit claiming Cigna unlawfully refused to reimburse the lab for nearly $1.5 million in COVID-19-related care, ruling the lab could sue under federal benefits law.

  9. June 30, 2021

    Cigna Beats Virus Coverage Suit From NJ Provider, For Now

    A New Jersey federal judge dismissed a suit Wednesday alleging that Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. wrongfully refused to pay for a health care provider's COVID-19 services, saying the provider only suggested that its patients gave it valid assignments to sue on their behalf but did not actually allege that it possessed them. 

  10. April 07, 2021

    Cigna Can't Shake Virus Coverage Suit, NJ Lab Says

    A radiology lab has urged a New Jersey federal judge not to grant Cigna's bid to ax its suit alleging the carrier wrongfully refused to pay for its COVID-19 services, arguing it had every right to bring a legal action to compel Cigna to provide benefits.