Judge: Lack Of Plan Documents Dooms Expanded Health Care Coverage Class

Mealey's (August 21, 2019, 1:47 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A proposed class of self-insured health plans in which Aetna Life Insurance Co. allegedly imposes undisclosed internal standards for coverage would require access to plan documents the plaintiffs have not submitted, a federal judge in New Jersey said Aug. 20 in dismissing the expanded class (E.S., et al. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. Benefits Administration Committee, et al., No. 17-3351, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141163)....