HAWES v. COLORADO DIV. OF INS.

No. 00CA1144.

45 P.3d 763 (2001)

Taylor HAWES and Colorado Health Care Conversion Project, Appellants, and Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey + Kahn, LLC, and Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Attorneys-Appellants, v. COLORADO DIVISION OF INSURANCE; William J. Kirven, III, in his capacity as Commissioner of Insurance; Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc., d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado, a Colorado insurance corporation, a continuation of Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado, a Colorado nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical health service corporation; Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., an Indiana mutual insurance company; Anthem West, Inc., an Indiana stock insurance company; and Caring for Colorado Foundation, Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Certiorari Granted April 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey + Kahn LLC, Edwin S. Kahn, Christine L. Murphy, Denver, CO, for Appellant Taylor Hawes.

Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Elisabeth D. Arenales, Denver, CO, for Appellant Colorado Health Care Conversion Project and for itself as Attorney-Appellant.

Hamil Professional Corporation, J. Lawrence Hamil, Michelle W. Stern, Denver, CO, for Attorney-Appellant Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey + Kahn, LLC.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Robert M. Howard, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO; Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P., Patrick H. Cantilo, Special Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Appellees Colorado Division of Insurance and William J. Kirven, III, Commissioner of Insurance.

Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., Frederick Y. Yu, Denver, CO, for Appellees Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc., Anthem Insurance Companies, and Anthem West, Inc.

Baker & Hostetler LLP, Alfred C. Chidester, Marc D. Flink, Denver, CO, for Appellee Caring for Colorado Foundation.


Opinion by Judge NIETO.

Appellants, Taylor Hawes, Colorado Health Care Conversion Project (CHCCP) and their respective attorneys, Kelly/Haglund/Garnsey + Kahn, LLC, and Colorado Center on Law and Policy, appeal the order of William J. Kirven, III, the Colorado Commissioner of Insurance, denying their application for attorney fees and expenses in the matter of Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado (Blue Cross), Plan...

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