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Jury Holds Insurance Company Responsible for Patient’s Opioid Addiction

health net insurance sued after delays in treatment lead woman to opioid addictionA Los Angeles County jury awarded both punitive and compensatory damages to a woman who sued her insurance provider alleging that delays in its approval of her care led to her becoming addicted to opioids.

The patient had been made to wait for months on end for a surgical procedure to correct a condition that put her in constant and intense ...

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