NORTH SHORE MED. CTR. v. CIGNA HEALTH & LIFE INS.

No. 22-10514.

68 F.4th 1241 (2023)

NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc., d.b.a. Palmetto General Hospital, Delray Medical Center, Inc., Good Samaritan Medical Center, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, Inc., d.b.a. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, St. Mary's Medical Center, Inc., West Boca Medical Center, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, CGH Hospital, Ltd., d.b.a. Coral Gables Hospital, Interested Party-Appellant, v. CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: May 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Everett Baldwin , Justin C. Fineberg , Alan D. Lash , Emily Louise Pincow , Ashley Singrossi , Greg J. Weintraub , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, FL, Jonathan E. Siegelaub , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Weston, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Justin C. Fineberg , Alan D. Lash , Ashley Singrossi , Greg J. Weintraub , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, FL, Jonathan E. Siegelaub , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Weston, FL, for Interested Party-Appellant.

Joshua B. Simon , Chelsea Cosillos , Richard Diggs , Warren Haskel , Halle Landsman , John J. Song , Dmitriy Tishyevich , McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, New York, NY, Audrey Marie Pumariega , Kelly Shami , McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Jordan, Newsom, and Ed Carnes, Circuit Judges.


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