Coventry Health Care Announces Dismissal of All Charges in the Charles B. Shane Class Action Suit.BETHESDA, Md. -- Coventry Health Care Coventry Health Care, Inc. (Coventry) (NYSE: CVH) is a managed health care company in the United States. On February 8th of 2007 Coventry agreed to acquire Concentra's Workers Compensation Managed Care Services Businesses. External links
See: New York Stock Exchange :CVH) today announced that U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno has issued a summary judgment order in favor of Coventry dismissing all remaining claims filed against the company as a part of the Charles B. Shane., et al., vs. Humana, Inc., et al., litigation filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (S.D.Fl.) is the federal district court covering the southern part of the state of Florida. The court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Broward, Dade, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, , Miami Division, Multi-District Litigation, No. 1334. This lawsuit was filed by a group of physicians as a class action against Coventry and nine other companies in the managed care industry. The Company is pleased with this outcome and remains committed to operational excellence, including mutually-beneficial relationships with physicians and other providers. This press release may contain forward-looking statements, made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, relating to future events or future financial performance. Actual performance may be significantly impacted by certain risks and uncertainties, including those described in Coventry's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Coventry Health Care is a national managed health care company based in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental/managed care and workers' compensation services companies. Coventry provides a full range of risk and fee-based managed care products and services, including HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , PPO, POS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Medicaid, Workers' Compensation services and Network Rental to a broad cross section of individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Puerto Rico. More information is available on the Internet at www.cvty.com and www.firsthealth.com. |
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