WIT v. UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Case No. 14-cv-02346-JCS, Related Case No. 14-cv-05337 JCS.

DAVID WIT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, Defendant, GARY ALEXANDER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

February 28, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 29 U.S.C. § 1132
Cause: 29 U.S.C. § 1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wit, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Natasha Wit, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Brian Muir, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Brandt Pfeifer, on behalf of the Estate of his deceased wife, Lauralee Pfeifer, and all others similarly situated, Lori Flanzraich, on behalf of her daughter Casey Flanzraich and all others similarly situated, Cecilia Holdnak, on behalf of herself, her daughter Emily Holdnak, and all others similarly situated, Gary Alexander, on his own behalf and on behalf of his beneficiary son, Jordan Alexander, and all others similarly situated, Corinna Klein, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated & David Haffner, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Meiram Bendat , Psych-Appeal, Inc., Adam Abelson , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Aitan Goelman , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Andrew Nathan Goldfarb , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Anthony F. Maul , The Maul Firm, P.C., Carl Spencer Kravitz , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Caroline E. Reynolds , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, D. Brian Hufford , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Daniel Patrick Moylan , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Jason S. Cowart , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Martin Stanley Himeles, Jr. , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Sara Louise Alpert Lawson , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP & Steven N. Herman , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP.

Linda Tillitt, Intervenor Pla, represented by Caroline E. Reynolds , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, D. Brian Hufford , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Jason S. Cowart , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Adam Abelson , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Aitan Goelman , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Andrew Nathan Goldfarb , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Carl Spencer Kravitz , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel Patrick Moylan , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Martin Stanley Himeles, Jr. , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, pro hac vice, Sara Louise Alpert Lawson , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP & Steven N. Herman , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP.

United Behavioral Health, doing business as OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions Inc., Defendant, represented by Christopher Flynn , Crowell and Moring LLP, Jeffrey Howard Rutherford , Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP, Andrew John William Holmer , Crowell and Moring LLP, April Nelson Ross , Crowell & Moring LLP, Jennifer Salzman Romano , Crowell & Moring LLP, Joseph V. Bui , Crowell and Moring LLP, Katharine Fiedler Barach , Crowell & Moring LLP, Kelly T. Currie , Crowell and Moring, Mana Elihu Lombardo , Crowell and Moring LLP, Nathaniel Philip Bualat , Crowell & Moring LLP & Thomas Francis Koegel , Crowell & Moring LLP.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

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I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant United Behavioral Health ("UBH"), which also operates as OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, administers mental health and substance use disorder benefits for commercial welfare benefit plans. In that capacity...

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