ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION v. AUTO CLUB INS. ASS'N

Nos. 97-1821, 97-1832.

176 F.3d 315 (1999)

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS, a non-profit Michigan corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. AUTO CLUB INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, a Michigan corporation, et al.; Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation; Citizens Insurance Company of America, a Michigan corporation; Farm Bureau Insurance Company, a Michigan corporation; Farmers Insurance Exchange, a California corporation; Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company, a Michigan corporation; Imperial Midwest Insurance Company, a Michigan corporation, d/b/a Titan Insurance Company; Lincoln Mutual Casualty Company, a Michigan corporation; Secura Insurance Mutual Company, a Wisconsin corporation; State Farm Insurance Companies, an Illinois corporation; Transamerica Insurance Group, a California Corporation, d/b/a TIG; Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company, a Michigan corporation; Auto Owners Insurance Company, a Michigan corporation; Lahousse-Bartlett Disability Management, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, d/b/a Review Works, Rehab Works and Rehab Plans; Linkage Enterprises, Inc., a Michigan corporation, d/b/a M.I.E.S. Clinic; Manageability, Inc., a Michigan corporation, d/b/a Auditpro and Indemnicare; Medcheck Medical Audit Services, Inc., a Michigan corporation; Recovery Unlimited, Inc., a Michigan corporation, d/b/a Medical Review Systems, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Linda S. Fausey, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Lori M. Silsbury, Dykema Gossett, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Linda S. Fausey, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Lori M. Silsbury, Dykema Gossett, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: JONES, RYAN, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Forty-Nine individual medical providers, two guardians of catastrophically injured auto accident victims, and a group established to be spokesperson for patients and providers ("Advocacy Organization for Patients and Providers," or "AOPP") filed a multi-count complaint against thirteen insurance companies, all of which have issued no-fault insurance polices to Michigan motorists, and five review companies, all of which...

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