Law360 (February 22, 2023, 5:55 PM EST) — An Alabama federal judge refused Tuesday to toss litigation by JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Albertsons Cos. and numerous other major national employers who offer self-funded health insurance plans accusing Anthem and its related Blue Cross entities of colluding to fix administrative service-fee prices, rejecting defense arguments that the claims are time-barred.
In a 13-page opinion, U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor held that there’s a factual question over whether the account holders’ claims prior to November 2016 have been tolled by related antitrust multidistrict litigation that was filed in 2013, which settled in 2020, and therefore the issue can’t be resolved on a motion to dismiss.