Class Action
Kisting-Leung v. Cigna
Re-checked against the docket 2026-08-23
Suzanne Kisting-Leung, Ayesha Smiley, et al. v. Cigna Corporation and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
Where it stands
Judge Dale A. Drozd's March 31, 2025 order allowed breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and California Unfair Competition Law theories to proceed while trimming others. The docket shows a joint stipulation filed August 12, 2026 and an order of dismissal entered August 13, 2026, ending the case before class certification.
Key ruling
March 31, 2025 order granting in part and denying in part the motion to dismiss (Kisting-Leung v. Cigna Corp., 780 F. Supp. 3d — E.D. Cal.), permitting bad-faith and UCL claims premised on algorithmic claim denial to proceed.
What is not confirmed
The basis for the August 2026 dismissal is not public. Whether it reflects a settlement, a voluntary dismissal, or something else could not be determined from any accessible record. Do not characterize the outcome.The record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Case number
- 2:23-cv-01477
- Filed
- 2023-07-24
- Defendants
- Cigna Corporation · Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company · Does 1-50
- Plaintiffs
- Putative class of California Cigna policyholders whose claims were denied through the PXDX (procedure-to-diagnosis) automated review system
- Technology at issue
- PXDX / PxDx automated claim review (Cigna)
- Relief sought
- Damages, restitution, and injunctive relief under California's Unfair Competition Law
- Counsel of record
- Clarkson Law Firm, P.C.
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Kisting-Leung et al. v. Cigna Corporation et al.Georgetown Law Health Care Litigation Tracker · 2026
- Kisting-Leung v. Cigna Corp. — order granting in part and denying in part motion to dismissCourthouse News Service · 2025-03-31
- Court Partially Grants, Partially Denies Cigna's Motion to Dismiss AI Claims Review CaseDigital Healthcare Law (Foley Hoag) · 2025-05-14
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