Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate Calif. Unfair Competition Law Hospital Pricing Suit

Mealey's (October 15, 2021, 12:38 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Even under the most generous standard a man never establishes that a hospital’s failure to disclose that it imposes an emergency room fee separate from its listed charges constitutes unfair conduct under the California unfair competition law (UCL) or the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), a California appeals court said in affirming dismissal of the case Oct. 13....