BRISTOL SL HOLDINGS v. CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INS.

No. 20-56122.

22 F.4th 1086 (2022)

BRISTOL SL HOLDINGS, INC., a California corporation, in its capacity as the owner of the claims for Sure Haven, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation; CIGNA Behavioral Health, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy F. Easley (argued), Easley Appellate Practice PLLC, Miami, Florida; Matthew M. Lavin and Aaron Modiano , Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Washington, D.C.; John W. Tower , Law Office of John W. Tower, Encinitas, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William P. Donovan Jr. (argued), McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Ryan D. Nelson, and Lawrence J. VanDyke, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

At issue is a dispute between a healthcare treatment center (Sure Haven, and Bristol as its assignee) and an insurance company (Cigna) over approximately $8.6 million worth of services that Sure Haven provided to Cigna's insureds. The crux of the disagreement is whether Sure Haven...

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