A lawsuit accusing Dr Pepper Snapple Group of failing to cover autism treatments for children in its health plan is moving forward after being trimmed by a federal judge (Whitley v. Dr Pepper Snapple Grp., Inc., 2017 BL 331152, E.D. Tex., No. 4:17-cv-00047-ALM, 9/19/17).
The health plan participant who sued Dr Pepper on behalf of her autistic sons stated a valid claim for fiduciary breach based on the company’s responses to her questions, a federal judge ruled Sept. 19. Moreover, the participant can continue seeking certain benefit reimbursements on behalf of one of her sons, but her other ...
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