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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1002 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

DOUGLAS McKEOWN, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 1:04cv255-T

) (WO)

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD )

OF ALABAMA, )

)

Defendant. )

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the findings of fact and conclusions

of law made in open court on August 26, 2005, it is the ORDER,

JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court as follows:

(1) Judgment is entered in favor of defendant Blue Cross

Blue Shield of Alabama and against plaintiff Doug McKeown on

plaintiff McKeown’s claims regarding defendant Blue Cross Blue

Shield’s denial of coverage for plaintiff McKeown’s

“somnoplasty procedure.”

(2) Judgment is entered in favor of plaintiff McKeown and

against defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama on

defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s counterclaim

that plaintiff McKeown fraudulently misrepresented his status

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to enroll in a health insurance plan for which he was not

eligible.

(3) Judgment is entered in favor of defendant Blue Cross

Blue Shield of Alabama and against plaintiff McKeown on

defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s counterclaim

that plaintiff McKeown’s health insurance coverage should be

rescinded for the entire period in which plaintiff McKeown was

an independent contractor with Pathway, Incorporated. 

(4) Defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama shall

have and recover from plaintiff McKeown the amount of

$12,804.05, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation for the

amount of damages.

It is further ORDERED that costs are taxed against

plaintiff McKeown, for which execution shall issue.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this document

on the civil docket as a final judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

DONE, this the 29th day of August, 2005.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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