After seeing the injustices suffered by tort plaintiffs in other jurisdictions, the state of Texas passed a law designed to compensate people who had been injured by healthcare decisions made by their insurance companies. The Texas law sought to hold HMOs liable when their decisions to deny coverage caused further damage to their customers. So when two Texans were denied coverage after their HMO failed to use ordinary care in making coverage decisions, they sued under the new law.

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