Judge Enters Split Decision in Blue Cross Lawsuit

Both Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and state Attorney General Michael Cox hailed a split decision in a circuit court ruling in a dispute over a Blue Cross subsidiary’s purchase of CompWest Insurance Co.Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield ruled Oct. 6 in favor of Blue Cross on two counts brought by Cox, but allowed a third count to stand.Manderfield refused to dismiss Cox’s allegations that Blue Cross, acting through Accident Fund, improperly purchased CompWest and two other workers’ compensation insurance companies from 2005 to 2007 in violation of Michig...