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JACKSON v. SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SVCS.

No. 10-1453.

731 F.3d 556 (2013)

Clifton E. JACKSON; Christopher M. Scharnitzke, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., foreign corporations; Dr. Paul Drouillard, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Marshall D. Lasser , Marshall Lasser, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellants. Kathleen H. Klaus , Maddin Hauser Wartell, Roth & Heller, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, Matthew F. Leitman , Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Troy, Michigan, Daniel B. Tukel , Butzel Long, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Marshall D. Lasser , Marshall Lasser, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, Jeffrey T. Stewart , Seikaly & Stewart, P.C., Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. Kathleen H. Klaus , Maddin Hauser Wartell, Roth & Heller, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, Matthew F. Leitman , Thomas W. Cranmer , Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Troy, Michigan, Daniel B. Tukel , Butzel Long, Detroit, Michigan, Michael F. Smith , The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Mark F. Horning , Jeffrey M. Theodore , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Charles A. Rothfeld , Brian J. Wong , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., GUY, BOGGS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, JJ., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 20-23), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment only. MOORE, J. (pp. 24-40), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which COLE, WHITE, STRANCH, and DONALD, JJ., joined.

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Clifton Jackson and Christopher Scharnitzke were employees of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. ("Coca-Cola") who suffered work-related injuries. They applied for workers' compensation benefits from Coca-Cola through Sedgwick Claims Management Services ("Sedgwick"), Coca-Cola's third-party benefit claims administrator. Sedgwick disputed both of their claims and refused to pay benefits. Jackson and Scharnitzke allege...

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