BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD v. NIELSEN

1961757.

714 So.2d 293 (1998)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA, INC. v. John O. NIELSEN, D.M.D.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cavender C. Kimble and Leigh Anne Hodge of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc.

William M. Slaughter and Richard H. Walston of Haskell, Slaughter & Young, L.L.C., Birmingham, for John O. Neilsen, D.M.D.

Bill Pryor, atty gen.; Jeffery H. Long, asst. atty. gen.; and Michael A. Bownes, general counsel, Department of Insurance, for amicus curiae Office of the Attorney General.


MADDOX, Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified to this Court questions regarding the interpretation of Alabama laws regulating companies that offer health care benefits and regarding whether certain laws designed to protect a patient's right to select his or her doctor, dentist, or pharmacist apply to a company like Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc. ("Blue Cross"), which is organized under the provisions of a specific...

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