No. 18-90020-E UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ... · Case No. 2:13-cv-20000-RDP . PROVIDER PLAINTIFF RESONDENTS’ SURREPLY IN OPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL

No. 18-90020-E

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

IN RE: BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ANTITRUST LITIGATION,

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION V. JOSEPH ACKERSON, ET AL.

On Petition from the United States District Court

For The Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division Case No. 2:13-cv-20000-RDP

PROVIDER PLAINTIFF RESONDENTS’ SURREPLY IN OPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL UNDER

28 U.S.C. § 1292(b)

Joe R. Whatley, Jr. Edith M. Kallas WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 2001 Park Place North 1180 Avenue of the Americas Suite 1000 20th Floor Birmingham, AL 35203 New York, NY 10036 205-488-1200 212-447-7060

Additional Counsel Listed on Inside Cover

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Patrick J. Sheehan WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 60 State Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Tel: (617) 573-5118 Fax: (617) 371-2950 Email: [email protected]

W. Tucker Brown Helen L. Eckinger WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 2001 Park Place North 1000 Park Place Tower Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 488-1200 Fax: (800) 922-4851 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Henry C. Quillen WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 159 Middle Street, Suite 2C Portsmouth, NH 03801 Tel: (603) 294-1591 Fax: (800) 922-4851 Email: [email protected]

Deborah J. Winegard WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 1068 Virginia Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30306 Tel: (404) 607-8222 Fax: (404) 607-8451 Email: [email protected]

Charles Clinton Hunter HAYES HUNTER PC 4265 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77027 Tel: (281) 768-4731 Fax: (713) 583-7047 Email: [email protected]

E. Kirk Wood, Jr. – Local Facilitating Counsel WOOD LAW FIRM LLC P. O. Box 382434 Birmingham, AL 35238 Tel: (205) 612-0243 Fax: (205) 705-1223 Email: [email protected]


Dennis Pantazis – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Brian Clark – Discovery Committee WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS FISHER GOLDFARB The Kress Building 301 Nineteenth Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 314-0500 Fax: (205) 254-1500 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Aaron S. Podhurst – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Peter Prieto – Chair, Expert Committee PODHURST ORSECK, P.A. One S.E. 3rd Avenue Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: (305) 358-2800 Fax: (305) 358-2382 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Dennis C. Reich – Chair, Damages Committee REICH & BINSTOCK, LLP 4265 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77027 Tel: (713) 622-7271 Fax: (713) 623-8724 Email: [email protected]

U.W. Clemon – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee U. W. Clemon, LLC 5202 Mountain Ridge Parkway Birmingham, AL 35222 Tel: (205) 837-2898 Email: [email protected]

Nicholas B. Roth – Chair, Discovery Committee Julia Smeds Roth – Discovery Committee EYSTER KEY TUBB ROTH MIDDLETON & ADAMS, LLP 402 East Moulton Street, SE Decatur, AL 35602 Tel: (256) 353-6761 Fax: (256) 353-6767 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

J. Mark White – Litigation Committee Augusta S. Dowd – Chair, Litigation Committee Linda G. Flippo – Discovery Committee WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD, P.C. The Massey Building 2025 Third Avenue North, Suite 500 Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 323-1888 Fax: (205) 323-8907 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]


David A. Balto – Expert Committee THE LAW OFFICES OF DAVID A. BALTO 1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 850 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 789-5424 Fax: (202) 589-1819 Email: [email protected]

Van Bunch – Chair, Class Certification Committee BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, P.C. 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Tel: (602) 274-1100 Fax: (602) 274-1199 Email: [email protected]

Joey K. James – Litigation Committee BUNCH & JAMES P. O. Box 878 Florence, AL 35631 Tel: (256) 764-0095 Fax: (256) 767-5705 Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Axelrod – Chair, Written Submissions Committee AXELROD & DEAN LLP 830 Third Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: (646) 448-5263 Fax: (212) 840-8560 Email: [email protected]

Richard S. Frankowski – Discovery Committee THE FRANKOWSKI FIRM, LLC 231 22nd Street South, Suite 203 Birmingham, AL 35233 Tel: (205) 390-0399 Fax: (205) 390-1001 Email: [email protected]

W. Daniel Miles, III – Written Submissions Committee BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES, P.C. 218 Commerce Street Montgomery, AL 36104 Tel: (800) 898-2034 Fax: (334) 954-7555 Email: [email protected]


John C. Davis – Written Submissions Committee LAW OFFICE OF JOHN C. DAVIS 623 Beard Street Tallahassee, FL 32303 Tel: (850) 222-4770 Email: [email protected]

Peter H. Burke – Class Certification Committee J. Allen Schreiber – Litigation Committee BURKE HARVEY, LLC 3535 Grandview Parkway Suite 100 Birmingham, AL 35243 Tel: (205) 930-9091 Fax: (205) 930-9054 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Mark K. Gray – Discovery Committee GRAY & WHITE 713 E. Market Street, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: (502) 805-1800 Fax: (502) 618-4059 Email: [email protected]

Michael C. Dodge – Expert Committee GLAST PHILLIPS & MURRAY, P.C. 14801 Quorum Drive, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75254 Tel: (972) 419-7172 Email: [email protected]

Stephen M. Hansen – Class Certification Committee LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN M. HANSEN 1821 Dock Street Tacoma, WA 98402 Tel: (253) 302-5955 Fax: (253) 301-1147 Email: [email protected]

Michael E. Gurley, Jr. – Discovery Committee Attorney at Law 24108 Portobello Road Birmingham, AL 35242 Tel: (205) 908-6512 Email: [email protected]


Harley S. Tropin – Damages Committee Javier A. Lopez – Discovery Committee KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON, P.A. 2525 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, 9th Floor Miami, FL 33134 Tel: (305) 372-1800 Fax: (305) 372-3508 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Lynn W. Jinks, III – Expert Committee Christina D. Crow – Discovery Committee JINKS CROW & DICKSON, P.C. 219 North Prairie Street Union Springs, AL 36089 Tel: (334) 738-4225 Fax: (334) 738-4229 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

C. Wes Pittman – Settlement Committee THE PITTMAN FIRM, P.A. 432 McKenzie Avenue Panama City, FL 32401 Tel: (850) 784-9000 Fax: (850) 763-6787 Email: [email protected]

Myron C. Penn – Discovery Committee PENN & SEABORN, LLC 53 Highway 110 Post Office Box 5335 Union Springs, AL 36089 Tel: (334) 738-4486 Fax: (334) 738-4432 Email: [email protected]

Robert B. Roden – Litigation Committee SHELBY RODEN, LLC 2956 Rhodes Circle Birmingham, AL 35205 Tel: (205) 933-8383 Fax: (205) 933-8386 Email: [email protected]

J. Preston Strom, Jr. – Litigation Committee STROM LAW FIRM, LLC 2110 N. Beltline Boulevard, Suite A Columbia, SC 29204-3905 Tel: (803) 252-4800 Fax: (803) 252-4801 Email: [email protected]

Gary E. Mason – Class Certification Committee WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON, LLP 1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 605 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 429-2290 Fax: (202) 640-1160 Email: [email protected]

Thomas V. Bender – Discovery Committee Dirk L. Hubbard HORN AYLWARD & BANDY, LLC 2600 Grand Blvd., Suite 1100 Kansas City, MO 64108 Tel: (816) 421-0700 Email: [email protected] [email protected]


Michael L. Murphy – Discovery Committee BAILEY GLASSER LLP 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 463-2101 Fax: (202) 463-2103 Email: [email protected]

Gregory S. Cusimano – Litigation Committee CUSIMANO, ROBERTS & MILLS, LLC 153 South 9th Street Gadsden, AL 35901 Phone: (256) 543-0400 Fax: (256) 543-0488 Email: [email protected]

Lance Michael Sears SEARS & SWANSON, P.C. First Bank Building 2 North Cascade Avenue, Suite 1250 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Tel: (719) 471-1984 Fax: (719) 577-4356 Email: [email protected]

Brian E. Wojtalewicz WOJTALEWICZ LAW FIRM, LTD. 139 N. Miles Street Appleton, MN 56208 Tel: (320) 289-2363 Fax: (320) 289-2369 Email: [email protected]

Jessica Dillon Ray R. Brown Molly Brown DILLON & FINDLEY, P.C. 1049 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 Tel: (907) 277-5400 Fax: (907) 277-9896 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Archie C. Lamb, Jr. ARCHIE LAMB & ASSOCIATES, LLC 301 19th Street North, Suite 585 The Kress Bldg. Birmingham, AL 35203-3145 (205) 458-1210 Email: [email protected]

Cynthia C. Moser HEIDMAN LAW FIRM 1128 Historic 4th Street P. O. Box 3086 Sioux City, IA 51101 Tel: (712) 255-8838 Fax (712) 258-6714 Email: [email protected]

Paul Lundberg LUNDBERG LAW, PLC 600 4TH Street, Suite 906 Sioux City, IA 51101 Tel: (712) 234-3030 Fax: (712) 234-3034 Email: [email protected]


Gwen Simons SIMONS & ASSOCIATES LAW, P.A. P.O. Box 1238 Scarborough, ME 04070-1238 Tel: (207) 205-2045 Fax: (207) 883-7225 Email: [email protected]

Counsel for Provider Respondents


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS ................................................ CIP-1

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ................................................. CIP-2

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................................................... ii

ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................. 1

I. American Express Reaffirmed Topco .............................................................. 1

II. The Blues Admittedly Ask This Court to Review the District Court’s Factual Findings on a 1292(b) Petition ........................................................................ 2

III. Waiting to Resolve the Certified Question Will Be More Efficient Than Taking an Appeal Now .................................................................................... 4

CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 5

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ....................................................................... 13

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ................................................................................ 14


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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases

Evans v. Sec’y, Fla. Dep’t of Corr., 699 F.3d 1249 (11th Cir. 2012) .............................................................................. 1

Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007) ............................................................................................... 1

McFarlin v. Conseco Servs., LLC, 381 F.3d 1251 (11th Cir. 2004) ..........................................................................3, 4

Ohio v. American Express Co., 138 S. Ct. 2274 (2018) .......................................................................................1, 2

United States v. Sealy, 388 U.S. 350 (1967) ...................................................................................... 1, 2, 5

United States v. Topco Assocs., Inc., 405 U.S. 596 (1972) ...................................................................................... 1, 2, 5


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ARGUMENT

I. American Express Reaffirmed Topco.

The Blues make a game attempt to portray Ohio v. American Express Co.,

138 S. Ct. 2274 (2018), as anything other than the latest in a line of unbroken

precedent reaffirming the essential holding of Topco: that horizontal market

allocation is always unlawful per se. In doing so, however, they merely confirm

that they are asking this Court to abrogate Supreme Court precedents that the

Supreme Court has cited only with approval. A court of appeals cannot do this.

Evans v. Sec’y, Fla. Dep’t of Corr., 699 F.3d 1249, 1263 (11th Cir. 2012).

The first piece of supposed support for the Blues’ position is the statement in

American Express that “‘promotion of interbrand competition’ … ‘is … the

primary purpose of the antitrust laws.’” 138 S. Ct. at 2290 (quoting Leegin

Creative Leather Prods., Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877, 890 (2007)). The quoted

language from Leegin was in the context of vertical restraints, just as American

Express is a case about vertical restraints. Leegin, 551 U.S. at 890; American

Express, 138 S. Ct. at 2284. Topco and Sealy, however, rejected the promotion of

interbrand competition as a reason not to apply the per se rule to horizontal market

allocation. Provider Respondents’ Answer at 7–8 (discussing Topco and Sealy).

And Leegin explicitly reaffirmed this holding: “Restraints that are per se unlawful

include horizontal agreements among competitors to fix prices or to divide


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markets.” 551 U.S. at 886 (citations omitted). The fact remains that the Supreme

Court has never questioned the central holdings of Sealy and Topco, much less

overruled them.

The second piece of supposed support is closely related to the first: the

Court’s rejection of the plaintiffs’ argument that Topco “forbids any restraint that

would restrict competition in part of the market.” American Express, 138 S. Ct.

at 2290 n.10. Here, the Court was referring to an attempt by the American Express

plaintiffs to apply Topco’s per se prohibition on horizontal market allocation to the

admittedly vertical restraints at issue in American Express. See Brief for Petitioners

and Respondents Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas, 2017 WL 6205796, at *30, 42.

Again, rejecting Topco’s application to a vertical restraint says nothing about its

holding “that a horizontal agreement between competitors was unreasonable per

se,” as the Court recognized: “A horizontal agreement between competitors is

markedly different from a vertical agreement that incidentally affects one particular

method of competition.” American Express, 138 S. Ct. at 2290 n.10. The

fundamental holding of Topco is as strong as ever.

II. The Blues Admittedly Ask This Court to Review the District Court’s Factual Findings on a 1292(b) Petition.

Even if Topco and Sealy remain binding precedent, which is impossible to

deny with a straight face, the Blues ask the Court to grant review nevertheless

because “the district court’s formulation does not bind this Court, as certification


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brings the entire order before this Court for appellate review.” Reply at 4. That is

not how Section 1292(b) works. Yes, after a petition has been granted, the Court

may review the entire order. No, the prospect of plenary review after the petition

has been granted is not a reason to grant the petition in the first place. This Court

could not have been clearer in McFarlin that “Section 1292(b) appeals were

intended, and should be reserved, for situations in which the court of appeals can

rule on a pure, controlling question of law without having to delve beyond the

surface of the record in order to determine the facts.” McFarlin v. Conseco Servs.,

LLC, 381 F.3d 1251, 1259 (11th Cir. 2004). Thus, the Blues have confirmed what

the Respondents have said; that the Blues are asking the Court to grant their

petition in order to revisit not only disputed issues of fact, but also factual findings

made against them. That is a plainly impermissible reason to grant review.1

The Blues’ reliance on the antitrust laws’ promotion of interbrand

competition as a reason to grant review further confirms that the Petition is an

invitation to overrule the District Court’s factual findings. The District Court

found, based on an extensive evidentiary record, that the “National Best Efforts”

rule “specifically restrains the Plans’ ability to compete under non-Blue brands”—

that is, interbrand competition. Op.46. Before reaching the Blues’ contention that 1 The remainder of the Blues’ argument on this point is a rehash of the factual contentions in their Petition, which were thoroughly disputed below and not resolved in their favor. See Provider Respondents’ Answer at 13–16 & App. A.


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their restraints of trade promote interbrand competition (which, as Topco holds, is

irrelevant), this Court would have to revisit the record and reverse the District

Court’s finding. This is just one example among many of factual findings this

Court would have to reverse or resolve before even beginning to consider the

Blues’ arguments. That is not what a 1292(b) appeal is for.

III. Waiting to Resolve the Certified Question Will Be More Efficient Than Taking an Appeal Now.

The Provider Respondents have challenged the Blues’ conduct under both

Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Because all Section 2 claims are

judged under the rule of reason, the Provider Respondents intend to prove their

claims under that standard, even if they are allowed to proceed on their per se

claims. Because the standard of proof is lower under the per se than the rule of

reason, any additional work associated with proceeding under both standards now

will be minimal. Provider Respondents’ Answer at 16–19; see also Subscriber

Respondents’ Answer at 20–22. The Provider Respondents understand that the

District Court disagreed, but this Court independently reviews whether

interlocutory appeal will “materially advance the ultimate termination of the

litigation.” McFarlin, 381 F.3d at 1262 (determining that interlocutory appeal

would not materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, and

denying the petition). For the reasons explained in the answers, this litigation will

likely end more quickly, and at less expense, without an immediate appeal.


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CONCLUSION

The Petitioners’ reply confirms that Topco and Sealy are alive and well, and

that they see interlocutory appeal as a vehicle for this Court to delve into disputed

issues of fact. The petition should be denied.

Dated: July 19, 2018 Respectfully submitted,

Edith M. Kallas – Co-Lead Counsel WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 447-7060 Fax: (800) 922-4851 Email: [email protected]

/s/ Joe R. Whatley, Jr. Joe R. Whatley, Jr. – Co-Lead Counsel W. Tucker Brown Helen L. Eckinger WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 2001 Park Place North 1000 Park Place Tower Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 488-1200 Fax: (800) 922-4851 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Patrick J. Sheehan WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 60 State Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Tel: (617) 573-5118 Fax: (617) 371-2950 Email: [email protected]

Deborah J. Winegard WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 1068 Virginia Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30306 Tel: (404) 607-8222 Fax: (404) 607-8451 Email: [email protected]


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Henry C. Quillen WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP 159 Middle Street, Suite 2C Portsmouth, NH 03801 Tel: (603) 294-1591 Fax: (800) 922-4851 Email: [email protected]

E. Kirk Wood, Jr. – Local Facilitating Counsel WOOD LAW FIRM LLC P. O. Box 382434 Birmingham, AL 35238 Tel: (205) 612-0243 Fax: (205) 705-1223 Email: [email protected]

Charles Clinton Hunter HAYES HUNTER PC 4265 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77027 Tel: (281) 768-4731 Fax: (713) 583-7047 Email: [email protected]

Aaron S. Podhurst – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Peter Prieto – Chair, Expert Committee PODHURST ORSECK, P.A. One S.E. 3rd Avenue Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: (305) 358-2800 Fax: (305) 358-2382 Email: [email protected] [email protected]


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Dennis Pantazis – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Brian Clark – Discovery Committee WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS FISHER GOLDFARB The Kress Building 301 Nineteenth Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 314-0500 Fax: (205) 254-1500 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

U.W. Clemon – Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee U. W. Clemon, LLC 5202 Mountain Ridge Parkway Birmingham, AL 35222 Tel: (205) 837-2898 Email: [email protected]

Dennis C. Reich – Chair, Damages Committee REICH & BINSTOCK, LLP 4265 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77027 Tel: (713) 622-7271 Fax: (713) 623-8724 Email: [email protected]

J. Mark White – Litigation Committee Augusta S. Dowd – Chair, Litigation Committee Linda G. Flippo – Discovery Committee WHITE ARNOLD & DOWD, P.C. The Massey Building 2025 Third Avenue North, Suite 500 Birmingham, AL 35203 Tel: (205) 323-1888 Fax: (205) 323-8907 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]


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Nicholas B. Roth – Chair, Discovery Committee Julia Smeds Roth – Discovery Committee EYSTER KEY TUBB ROTH MIDDLETON & ADAMS, LLP 402 East Moulton Street, SE Decatur, AL 35602 Tel: (256) 353-6761 Fax: (256) 353-6767 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Van Bunch – Chair, Class Certification Committee BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN & BALINT, P.C. 2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Tel: (602) 274-1100 Fax: (602) 274-1199 Email: [email protected]

David A. Balto – Expert Committee THE LAW OFFICES OF DAVID A. BALTO 1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 850 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 789-5424 Fax: (202) 589-1819 Email: [email protected]

Robert J. Axelrod – Chair, Written Submissions Committee AXELROD & DEAN LLP 830 Third Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: (646) 448-5263 Fax: (212) 840-8560 Email: [email protected]

Joey K. James – Litigation Committee BUNCH & JAMES P. O. Box 878 Florence, AL 35631 Tel: (256) 764-0095 Fax: (256) 767-5705 Email: [email protected]

W. Daniel Miles, III – Written Submissions Committee BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS & MILES, P.C. 218 Commerce Street Montgomery, AL 36104 Tel: (800) 898-2034 Fax: (334) 954-7555 Email: [email protected]


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Richard S. Frankowski – Discovery Committee THE FRANKOWSKI FIRM, LLC 231 22nd Street South, Suite 203 Birmingham, AL 35233 Tel: (205) 390-0399 Fax: (205) 390-1001 Email: [email protected]

Peter H. Burke – Class Certification Committee J. Allen Schreiber – Litigation Committee BURKE HARVEY, LLC 3535 Grandview Parkway Suite 100 Birmingham, AL 35243 Tel: (205) 930-9091 Fax: (205) 930-9054 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

John C. Davis – Written Submissions Committee LAW OFFICE OF JOHN C. DAVIS 623 Beard Street Tallahassee, FL 32303 Tel: (850) 222-4770 Email: [email protected]

Michael C. Dodge – Expert Committee GLAST PHILLIPS & MURRAY, P.C. 14801 Quorum Drive, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75254 Tel: (972) 419-7172 Email: [email protected]

Mark K. Gray – Discovery Committee GRAY & WHITE 713 E. Market Street, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40202 Tel: (502) 805-1800 Fax: (502) 618-4059 Email: [email protected]

Michael E. Gurley, Jr. – Discovery Committee Attorney at Law 24108 Portobello Road Birmingham, AL 35242 Tel: (205) 908-6512 Email: [email protected]

Stephen M. Hansen – Class Certification Committee LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN M. HANSEN 1821 Dock Street Tacoma, WA 98402 Tel: (253) 302-5955 Fax: (253) 301-1147 Email: [email protected]

Lynn W. Jinks, III – Expert Committee Christina D. Crow – Discovery Committee JINKS CROW & DICKSON, P.C. 219 North Prairie Street Union Springs, AL 36089 Tel: (334) 738-4225 Fax: (334) 738-4229 Email: [email protected] [email protected]


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Harley S. Tropin – Damages Committee Javier A. Lopez – Discovery Committee KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON, P.A. 2525 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, 9th Floor Miami, FL 33134 Tel: (305) 372-1800 Fax: (305) 372-3508 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Myron C. Penn – Discovery Committee PENN & SEABORN, LLC 53 Highway 110 Post Office Box 5335 Union Springs, AL 36089 Tel: (334) 738-4486 Fax: (334) 738-4432 Email: [email protected]

C. Wes Pittman – Settlement Committee THE PITTMAN FIRM, P.A. 432 McKenzie Avenue Panama City, FL 32401 Tel: (850) 784-9000 Fax: (850) 763-6787 Email: [email protected]

J. Preston Strom, Jr. – Litigation Committee STROM LAW FIRM, LLC 2110 N. Beltline Boulevard, Suite A Columbia, SC 29204-3905 Tel: (803) 252-4800 Fax: (803) 252-4801 Email: [email protected]

Robert B. Roden – Litigation Committee SHELBY RODEN, LLC 2956 Rhodes Circle Birmingham, AL 35205 Tel: (205) 933-8383 Fax: (205) 933-8386 Email: [email protected]

Thomas V. Bender – Discovery Committee Dirk L. Hubbard HORN AYLWARD & BANDY, LLC 2600 Grand Blvd., Suite 1100 Kansas City, MO 64108 Tel: (816) 421-0700 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Gary E. Mason – Class Certification Committee WHITFIELD BRYSON & MASON, LLP 1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 605 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 429-2290 Fax: (202) 640-1160 Email: [email protected]

Gregory S. Cusimano – Litigation Committee CUSIMANO, ROBERTS & MILLS, LLC 153 South 9th Street Gadsden, AL 35901 Phone: (256) 543-0400 Fax: (256) 543-0488 Email: [email protected]


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Michael L. Murphy – Discovery Committee BAILEY GLASSER LLP 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 463-2101 Fax: (202) 463-2103 Email: [email protected]

Brian E. Wojtalewicz WOJTALEWICZ LAW FIRM, LTD. 139 N. Miles Street Appleton, MN 56208 Tel: (320) 289-2363 Fax: (320) 289-2369 Email: [email protected]

Lance Michael Sears SEARS & SWANSON, P.C. First Bank Building 2 North Cascade Avenue, Suite 1250 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Tel: (719) 471-1984 Fax: (719) 577-4356 Email: [email protected]

Archie C. Lamb, Jr. ARCHIE LAMB & ASSOCIATES, LLC 301 19th Street North, Suite 585 The Kress Bldg. Birmingham, AL 35203-3145 (205) 458-1210 Email: [email protected]

Jessica Dillon Ray R. Brown Molly Brown DILLON & FINDLEY, P.C. 1049 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 Tel: (907) 277-5400 Fax: (907) 277-9896 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Paul Lundberg LUNDBERG LAW, PLC 600 4TH Street, Suite 906 Sioux City, IA 51101 Tel: (712) 234-3030 Fax: (712) 234-3034 Email: [email protected]


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Cynthia C. Moser HEIDMAN LAW FIRM 1128 Historic 4th Street P. O. Box 3086 Sioux City, IA 51101 Tel: (712) 255-8838 Fax (712) 258-6714 Email: [email protected]

Gwen Simons SIMONS & ASSOCIATES LAW, P.A. P.O. Box 1238 Scarborough, ME 04070-1238 Tel: (207) 205-2045 Fax: (207) 883-7225 Email: [email protected]

Attorneys for Provider Respondents


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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

1. This brief complies with the type-volume limitation of Fed. R. App. P.

5(c)(1) because this brief contains 1,040 words, excluding the parts of the brief

exempted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(f) and 11th Cir. R. 32-4 and the accompanying

documents required by Fed. R. App. P. 5(b)(1)(E).

2. This brief complies with the type face requirements of Fed. R. App. P.

32(a)(5) and the type style requirements of Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(6), because it has

been prepared in a proportionally spaced typeface using Microsoft Word 2010 in

14-point Times New Roman type.

Dated: July 19, 2018

/s/ Joe R. Whatley, Jr. Joe R. Whatley, Jr.


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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on July 19, 2018, I electronically filed the foregoing

document using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to

all counsel of record.

/s/ Joe R. Whatley, Jr. Joe R. Whatley, Jr.


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