San Joaquin General Hospital v. Health Care Service Corp.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL, a department of the County of San No. 2:20-cv-01582-MCE-CKD Joaquin, a political division of the State of California, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff, 15 v.
HEALTH CARE SERVICE
CORPORATION, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Illinois licensed insurance company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive, 20 Defendant. 21 Through the present action, Plaintiff San Joaquin General Hospital (“Plaintiff”) asserts three causes of action against Defendant Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, an Illinois licensed insurance company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive (“Defendant”). Specifically, Plaintiff asserts causes of action for: (1) breach of implied-in-fact contract pursuant to California Health and Safety Code § 1371.4 (herein “Section 1371.4”); (2) breach of implied-in-fact contract and oral contract…