United Healthcare and Oxford Health Insurance were hit with an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant wrongfully denied coverage of a midwife after initially authorizing the care as in network.

Spotted on Law.com Radar: Plaintiffs Jonathan A. Winter, Rebecca E. Moore and their son contended that United Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans LLC and Oxford Health Insurance Inc. changed course regarding the midwife after the baby was born, the complaint said.