PETERSON ON BEHALF OF E v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.

No. 17-1744.

913 F.3d 769 (2019)

Louis J. PETERSON, D.C., ON BEHALF OF Patients E, I, K, L, N, P, Q and R, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee Lutz Surgical Partners, PLLC; New Life Chiropractic, PC, Plaintiffs v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.; United HealthCare Services, Inc.; United Healthcare Insurance Company; United Healthcare Service LLC, Defendants-Appellants. Riverview Health Institute, on its own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. UnitedHealth Group Inc.; United HealthCare Services, Inc.; United Healthcare Insurance Company; Optum, Inc. Defendants-Appellants. Secretary of Labor, Amicus on Behalf of Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Gregory F. Jacob , of Washington, DC. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Brian D. Boyle , of Washington, DC., Gregory F. Jacob , of Washington, DC., Jonathan D. Hacker , of Washington, DC., Anton Metlitsky , of New York, NY., Michael J. Walsh, Jr. , of Washington, DC., Jennifer Sokoler , of New York, NY.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Jason Cowart , D. Brian Hufford , William K. Meyer , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, of New York, NY.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief; Susanna Benson , of Washington, DC.

Before SHEPHERD, MELLOY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


United1 administers thousands of health insurance plans. In the course of processing millions of claims for benefits, United at times erroneously overpays service providers. United can generally recover these overpayments from "in-network" providers because it has agreements with those providers...

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