The New Jersey Supreme Court will not disturb a class-action settlement between Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and about 17,000 dentists alleging improper claims processing and violations of state prompt-payment laws.
Nor will the court consider a request to enhance counsel fees, which leaves the plaintiffs' law firm, Roseland's Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, about $190,000 short of what it was seeking.
The court's April 8 decision, declining to hear appeals in Kirsch v. Horizon,...
