Lacy Atzin v. Anthem, Inc.

Case 2:17-cv-06816-ODW-PLA Document 118 Filed 09/14/ Page 1 of Page ID #:2123

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6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 LACY ATZIN and MARK ANDERSEN, Case № 2:17-cv-06816-ODW (PLAx) on behalf of themselves and all others 12 similarly situated, ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING MOTION FOR FINAL Plaintiffs, APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION v. SETTLEMENT [113] AND 15 ANTHEM, INC., et al., GRANTING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES [111] Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Lacy Atzin and Mark Andersen, individually and on behalf of two 20 subclasses of insureds, bring this case under the Employee Retirement Income Security 21 Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) to require their insurer, Defendants Anthem, Inc. and Anthem 22 UM Services (together, “Anthem”), to reprocess previously denied claims under new 23 medical necessity criteria. On May 6, 2020, the Court certified Andersen’s subclass 24 pursuant to the parties’ agreement. (Order…