Blue Shield v. Bodner

Welcome to the Blue Shield Class Action website.

This website contains information regarding a class action lawsuit that is pending in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Case No.BC516868, CCW, Bodner, et al. v. Blue Shield of California Life and Health Insurance Company, et al.

This lawsuit alleges that Blue Shield breached their Vital Shield insurance policies and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in their insurance policies by expanding the policies’ stated deductibles and co-insurance/co-payment maximum amounts. Plaintiffs also allege that Blue Shield’s marketing and sale of the Vital Shield policies violated California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”).

The Court has allowed the lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of all individuals currently enrolled in, or who were enrolled in, a Blue Shield Vital Shield policy, excluding persons who are no longer enrolled in a Vital Shield Policy and who did not incur any expanded deductible or co-insurance/co-payment maximum amounts.

For more information about the lawsuit, please review the Class Notice.

THE CLASS
The Court decided that the members of the Class are: All individuals currently enrolled in, or who were enrolled in, a Blue Shield Vital Shield policy, including Vital Shield 2900, Vital Shield 2900-G, Vital Shield Plus 2900, Vital Shield Plus 2900-G, Vital Shield 2900 Plus Generic Rx, Vital Shield Plus 2900 Generic Rx-G, Vital Shield 900, Vital Shield 900-G, Vital Shield Plus 900, Vital Shield Plus 900-G, Vital Shield 900 Plus Generic Rx, Vital Shield Plus 900 Generic Rx-G, Vital Shield Plus 400, Vital Shield Plus 400-G, Vital Shield Plus 400 Generic Rx, Vital Shield Plus 400 Generic Rx-G, excluding persons who are no longer enrolled in a Vital Shield Policy and who did not incur any expanded deductible or co-insurance/co-payment maximum.