Judge S. Arthur Spiegel has certified a class of approximately 2600 current and former City of Cincinnati workers. The members of the class claim that they were covered by certain Anthem Insurance policies and that the workers were entitled to compensation when Anthem converted from a mutual company to a stock company in 2001. At that time the City of Cincinnati received the mutual compensation (approximately $55 million in stock) and the workers received nothing. Al Gerhardstein is one of the Class Counsel for the class. Other class counsel are Eric Zagrans and Michael Becker of Cleveland and Dennis Barron of Cincinnati. Please read the Notice to Class Members. You may also view a Sample Certificate of Membership here. Click here to view selected Mell v. Anthem litigation documents.

No ruling on the merits of the case has been made at this time. On December 2, 2009, Judge Spiegel ordered Anthem and the City to provide the names and contact information of the class members to Class Counsel. Current and Former City workers who participated in specific health coverage are in the class.

Are you a class member? Class members will be contacted and asked to provide any Anthem-related documentation that you have. This documentation may help prove the claim by the class that the workers and not the City were entitled to the demutualization proceeds. If you think you are in the class or if you have questions you can call Jennifer Thompson or Laura Sinclair at the office at 513.621.9100.