Carl Washington v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHRISTOPHER CORCORAN, ET AL., Case No. 15-cv-03504-YGR

8 Plaintiffs, ORDER (1) GRANTING AMENDED MOTION

TO SUBSTITUTE CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

9 v. AND FOR CERTIFICATION OF NEW YORK

AND ARIZONA CLASSES, AND (2) GRANTING

10 CVS HEALTH, ET AL., IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION

FOR APPROVAL OF NOTICE PROVIDER AND

11 Defendants. CLASS NOTICE PROGRAM Re: Dkt. Nos. 376, 377, 386-2 12

Plaintiffs bring this putative class action against defendants alleging that they knowingly 13 overcharged millions of insured patients by submitting falsely inflated drug prices to pharmacy 14 benefit managers (“PBMs”) and third-party payor insurance providers (“TPPs”), which resulted in 15 higher copayment obligations for plaintiffs. Specifically, plaintiffs raise claims under the laws of 16 eleven states: (i) each state’s statutory laws proscribing unfair and deceptive acts and practices 17 (“UDAP”); and common law claims for (ii) fraud, (iii) negligent misrepresentation, and (iv)…