Judge Sets Jury Trial In Insurer’s Assignment-Of-Rights Case Against Provider

(November 2, 2017, 1:20 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A jury must first decide whether insureds validly assigned their rights to health insurance coverage to a medical provider before the surviving claims can proceed to a jury or bench trial, a federal judge in California held Oct. 31 (John B. Hackert v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co., et al., Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co., et al. v. John B. Hackert, No. 15-1248, E.D. Calif.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180569)....