SYKES v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

No. 248A18.

828 S.E.2d 489 (2019)

Susan SYKES d/b/a Advanced Chiropractic and Health Center, Dawn Patrick, Troy Lynn, Lifeworks on Lake Norman, PLLC, Brent Bost, and Bost Chiropractic Clinic, P.A. v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Cigna Healthcare of North Carolina, Inc., Medcost, LLC, and Healthgram, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oak City Law LLP, by Samuel Pinero II and Robert E. Fields III ; and Doughton Blancato PLLC, by William A. Blancato , Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellants.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, by Adam H. Charnes , Elizabeth L. Winters , Winston-Salem, Peter M. Boyle , pro hac vice, and Christina E. Fahmy , pro hac vice, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Fox Rothschild LLP, by D. Erik Albright , Greensboro, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, by Joshua B. Simon , pro hac vice, Warren Haskel , pro hac vice, and Dmitriy Tishyevish , pro hac vice, for Cigna Healthcare of North Carolina, Inc.; and Ellis & Winters LLP, by Stephen D. Feldman , Raleigh, for Medcost, LLC, defendant-appellees.


This is a companion case to Sykes v. Health Network Solutions, Inc., ___ N.C. ___, 828 S.E.2d 467 (2019) (No. 251PA18) (hereinafter Sykes I). Like its companion, this case raises questions of civil liability based on insurer conduct affecting chiropractic services. Relying...

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