SYLVESTER v. CIGNA CORP.

No. CIV.A.03-CV-176-P-S.

383 F.Supp.2d 194 (2005)

Kimberly SYLVESTER, Lisa Steinbeiser-Maurer, Carolee Lindsey, Roger Cromwell, Jennifer Byrd, Janice Bayne, Robin Mitchum and Gladys Hall, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Hall, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CIGNA CORPORATION d/b/a CIGNA Healthcare, CIGNA Holdings, Inc., Connecticut General Corporation, CIGNA Health Corporation, Healthsource, Inc., Healthsource Management, Inc., CIGNA Insurance Group, Inc., f/k/a Healthsource Insurance Group, Inc., Healthsource Corporate Services, Inc., Healthsource Employer Services, Inc., Healthsource South, Inc., Employee Benefit Plan Administration, Inc., Kilmoylar Corporation, CIGNA HealthCare of Maine, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of Maine, Inc., Healthsource Maine Management, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of New Hampshire, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of New Hampshire, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of South Carolina, Inc., CIGNA Insurance Services Company, Physicians' Health Systems, Inc., Provident Health Care Plan, Inc. of South Carolina, CIGNA HealthCare of Indiana, Inc., Healthsource Indiana, Inc., CIGNA Indiana Insurance Company, CIGNA HealthCare of Connecticut, Inc., Healthsource Connecticut Preferred, Inc., Healthsource Connecticut Ventures, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of New York, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of New York, Inc., Healthsource Syracuse, Inc., Healthsource Metropolitan New York Holding Company, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Ohio, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of Ohio, Inc., Healthsource Ohio Ventures, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Kentucky, Inc., Healthsource Kentucky Ventures, Inc., Healthsource Kentucky Preferred, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Texas, Inc., Healthsource North Texas, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Arkansas, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of Arkansas, Inc., Healthsource Arkansas Ventures, Inc., Spradley & Coker, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Georgia, Inc., Healthsource Georgia Preferred, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of North Carolina, Inc., Provident Health Care Plan, Inc. of North Carolina, CIGNA HealthCare of North Carolina Administrators, Inc., Healthsource Health Plans, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Massachusetts, Inc., Healthsource Florida, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare of Tennessee, Inc., CIGNA HealthCare Preferred of Tennessee, Inc., Healthsource Insurance Company, Healthsource Provident Administrators, Inc., Provident Health Plans, Inc., Provident Health Care Plan, Inc. of Tennessee and Healthsource Rhode Island, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

August 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Paul Hansel, Randall B. Weill, Robert O. Newton, William Charles Moorhouse, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC, Portland, ME, L. Susan Foxworth, T. English McCutchen, William E. Hopkins, Jr., McCutchen Blanton, Johnson & Barnette, Columbia, SC, W. Jones Andrews, Jr, Law Office of W. Jones Andrews, Jr, for Kimberly Sylvester, Lisa Steinbeiser-Maurer, Carolee Lindsey, Jean Small, William R Taylor, Waylon Oswald, Gene Raulerson, Gladys Hall, Robin Mitchum, Janice Bayne, Jennifer Byrd, Roger Cromwell, Plaintiffs.

Clifford Ruprecht, John J. Aromando, Pierce, Atwood LLP, Portland, ME, for CIGNA Corporation d/b/a CIGNA Healthcare, Healthsource Inc, New Hampshire, CIGNA Healthcare of Maine Inc, Healthsource Management Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of New Hampshire Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of South Carolina Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Indiana Inc, Healthsource New York Inc, Healthsource New York/New Jersey Inc, Healthsource Ohio Inc, Healthsource Inc, Ohio, Healthsource Kentucky Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Texas Inc, Healthsource Inc, Texas, Healthsource Arkansas Inc, Healthsource Georgia Inc, Healthsource North Carolina Inc, Healthsource Health Plans Inc, Healthsource Inc, Delaware, CIGNA Healthcare of Massachusetts Inc, Healthsource Florida Inc, Healthsource Tennessee Inc, Healthsource Rhode Island Inc, Provident Health Care Plan Inc of Tennessee, Provident Health Plans Inc, Healthsource Provident Administrators Inc, Healthsource Insurance Company, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of Tennessee Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Tennessee Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of North Carolina Administrators Inc, Provident Health Care Plan Inc of North Carolina, CIGNA Healthcare of North Carolina Inc, Healthsource Georgia Preferred Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Georgia Inc, Spradley & Coker Inc, Healthsource Arkansas Ventures Inc, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of Arkansas Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Arkansas Inc, Healthsource North Texas Inc, Healthsource Kentucky Preferred Inc, Healthsource Kentucky Ventures Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Kentucky Inc, Healthsource Ohio Ventures Inc, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of Ohio Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Ohio Inc, Healthsource Metropolitan New York Holding Company Inc, Healthsource Syracuse Inc, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of New York Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of New York Inc, Healthsource Connecticut Ventures Inc, Healthsource Connecticut Preferred Inc, CIGNA Healthcare of Connecticut Inc, CIGNA Indiana Insurance Company, Healthsource Indiana Inc, Provident Health Care Plan Inc of South Carolina, Physicians Health Systems Inc, CIGNA Insurance Services Company, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of New Hampshire Inc, Healthsource Maine Management Inc, CIGNA Healthcare Preferred of Maine Inc, Kilmoylar Corporation, Employee Benefit Plan Administration Inc, Healthsource South Inc, Healthsource Employer Services Inc, Healthsource Corporate Services Inc, CIGNA Insurance Group Inc, CIGNA Health Corporation, Connecticut General Corporation, CIGNA Holdings Inc, Defendants.


ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING REVISED SETTLEMENT AND SETTING HEARING FOR FINAL APPROVAL

SINGAL, Chief Judge.

WHEREAS the action entitled Sylvester et al. v. CIGNA Corporation et al., Docket No. 03-CV-176-P-S, was filed, on behalf of a Class pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on July 15, 2003 ("the Class Action Litigation");

WHEREAS this Court has jurisdiction over the Class Action Litigation pursuant...

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