5th Circuit Affirms Rulings In Favor Of Health Insurer On Claim Denial, Attorney Fees

(November 14, 2019, 2:56 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 8 affirmed two decisions by a district court after determining that the lower court did not err in entering judgment for a health insurer that denied 106 days of an insured’s partial hospitalization treatment and did not err in denying the insured’s request for attorney fees (Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Incorporated, No. 18-20700, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 33707)....