October 24, 2023
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.
September 15, 2023
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.
August 29, 2023
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.
May 05, 2023
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.
November 28, 2022
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.
November 16, 2022
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.
September 20, 2022
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.
May 19, 2022
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.
June 30, 2021
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.
April 07, 2021
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.