ACADEMY OF MEDICINE v. AETNA

No. 2004-0001.

108 Ohio St.3d 185 (2006)

2006-Ohio-657

ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF CINCINNATI ET AL., APPELLEES, v. AETNA HEALTH, INC. ET AL.; UNITED HEALTHCARE OF OHIO, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Stanley M. Chesley, Paul M. DeMarco, Terrence L. Goodman, and Jean M. Goeppinger; Strauss & Troy, Richard S. Wayne, Thomas P. Glass, Joseph J. Braun, and Nicole M. Lundrigan; Barrett & Weber, L.P.A., and Michael R. Barrett, for appellees.

Thompson Hine and Stephen J. Butler; Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Gregory S. Coleman, Debra J. Pearlstein, and Elizabeth M. Avery, for appellant.

Tucker Ellis & West, L.L.P., and Irene C. Keyse-Walker, urging reversal for amicus curiae America's Health Insurance Plans.

Issac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, L.L.P., and Mark Landes, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Manufacturers' Association.

C. Luther Heckman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Council of Retail Merchants.

Rich, Crites & Wesp, L.L.C., and E. Joel Wesp; Cooper & Kirk, P.L.L.C., David H. Thompson, and Charles J. Cooper; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad, and Stephanie A. Martz, urging reversal for amici curiae United States Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Chamber of Commerce.


PFEIFER, J.

Factual and Procedural Background

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellees, Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, Butler County Medical Society, Luis Pagani, M.D., Paul Jennewine, M.D., Bradford H. Woodall, M.D., William Randall Cox, M.D., and Newton H. Bullard, M.D., allege that defendant-appellant, United Healthcare of Ohio ("United"), one of the largest providers of group health-insurance policies in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont...

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