Lowey Dannenberg is defending Aetna in a class action related to state anti-subrogation laws. Minerley v. Aetna Inc., et al., 13-cv-1337 (D.N.J.). Lowey Dannenberg has defended and won dismissal of several similar class action lawsuits against health insurance clients: Wurtz v. Rawlings Co., LLC, 2016 WL 7174674 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 17, 2016); Meek-Horton v. Trover, et al., 910 F.Supp. 2d 690 (S.D.N.Y. 2013); Potts v. Rawlings Co. LLC, 897 F.Supp. 2d 185 (S.D.N.Y. 2012). In Meek Horton and Potts, the firm won judgments dismissing the class action lawsuits, which sought to apply New York State’s anti-subrogation law to void health insurance plans’ subrogation and reimbursement rights in New York. The firm also won judgment dismissing similar claims under New Jersey law. Roche v. Aetna, Inc., 165 F.Supp.3d 180 (D.N.J. 2016); Mattson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 124 F.Supp. 3d 381 (D.N.J. 2015).
