New Mexico Top Organics - Ultra Health, Inc. et al v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico et al

  1. June 04, 2024

    NM Cannabis Co. Says Insurers Can't Toss Medical Weed Row

    A group of insurers can't escape a proposed class action demanding they cover medical marijuana costs, a cannabis company and several of its patients said, telling a New Mexico federal court that medical cannabis is a medically necessary behavioral health service that must be covered.

  2. April 30, 2024

    BCBS Says Federal Drug Law Preempts NM Medical Weed Row

    A group of insurers, including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, urged a New Mexico federal judge to reject a proposed class action seeking to compel them to cover their policyholders' medical marijuana costs, arguing that state law doesn't require it and federal law forbids it.

  3. April 02, 2024

    NM Medical Cannabis Insurance Row To Stay In Federal Court

    The federal court is the proper place for a proposed class action seeking to make Blue Cross and Blue Shield and other insurers cover medical cannabis, a New Mexico federal judge has ruled, rejecting objections by patients who said the state's high court will eventually need to get involved.

  4. February 09, 2024

    Pot Patients Say NM Insurance Case Triggers CAFA Exception

    A medical cannabis company doing business in New Mexico and several patients say a proposed class action over insurance coverage for medical cannabis belongs in state court partly because the case triggers a Class Action Fairness Act exception depriving federal jurisdiction that would otherwise be offered.

  5. January 24, 2024

    Pot Insurance Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Judge Says

    A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico has recommended that a proposed class action over insurance coverage for medical cannabis not be sent back to state court, finding Wednesday that the federal court has jurisdiction to hear the suit against Blue Cross and Blue Shield and other insurers.

  6. December 01, 2022

    BCBS Calls New Bid To Remand Pot Coverage Suit 'Baseless'

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico urged a federal court to reject a New Mexico cannabis company and four medical cannabis patients' renewed bid to remand their proposed class action over coverage of medical cannabis to state court, saying the request was a "baseless distraction."

  7. November 09, 2022

    NM Cannabis Co. Wants Insurance Suit Back In State Court

    A New Mexico cannabis company and four medical cannabis patients are again asking a federal judge to send their proposed class claims back to state court, saying the remaining defendants are all New Mexico companies, so there is no diversity justifying the removal to federal court.

  8. September 19, 2022

    Cannabis Coverage Suit Belongs In Fed. Court, Insurers Say

    A group of insurers asked a New Mexico federal court to reject a remand bid for a proposed class action that seeks to make the insurers cover the costs of medical cannabis, saying the federal court has original jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act.

  9. August 22, 2022

    NM Patients Want Cannabis Coverage Suit Sent To State Court

    A cannabis company and four patients asked a New Mexico federal court to send their proposed class action against three insurance companies back to state court for reasons that include none of the class representatives in the amended complaint have Employee Retirement Income Security Act plans.

  10. July 25, 2022

    NM Patients Say Insurance Should Cover Cannabis

    A New Mexico health consultant and a group of patients qualified to receive medical cannabis are suing seven insurance companies in a proposed class action, saying state law requires that Medicaid and the private insurance plans cover the costs of medical cannabis.