Leigh Anne Hodge

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® Health Care Law, 2013-2025 Insurance Law, 2013-2025 Litigation – ERISA, 2011-2025 Litigation – Health Care, 2020-2025 Product Liability – Defendants, 2016-2025  Listed in Chambers USA Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense, 2023-2024 Litigation: General Commercial, 2024 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers Personal Injury – Products: Defense, 2016-2023 "Top 50 Women Lawyers," 2019-2020 Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Personal Injury – Products: Defense, 2014-2015 Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rated Listed in Birmingham Business Journal, "Best of the Bar," 2021 Listed in Birmingham Magazine, "Top Attorneys" ERISA, 2015 Listed in Benchmark Litigation "Local Litigation Star," Alabama, 2016-2021 "National Practice Area Star," Product Liability, 2021, 2023 "Top 250 Women in Litigation," 2019-2023 "Litigation Star," 2024 Listed in B-Metro "Top Lawyers," 2019-2020 "Top Women Attorneys," 2019-2020 Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC)™ by the Compliance Certification Board In re: Fresenius GranuFlo/NaturaLyte Dialysate Litigation, MDL No. 2428 Served as part of the national counsel team for Fresenius in a 13,000 plaintiff mass tort, which was comprised of (1) an MDL in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, (2) large state-court consolidated proceedings in Massachusetts, Missouri and California, and (3) assorted individual-plaintiff cases in state and tribal courts throughout the country.  Blalock v. Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc., d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care Gardendale, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama Trial counsel for dialysis provider in medical malpractice case that resulted in a defense verdict. Howard v. Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc., d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care Magnolia Grove, appealed from the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama Represented dialysis provider in mandamus petition to Alabama Supreme Court, which resulted in dismissal of wrongful death, medical malpractice lawsuit brought by an individual who lacked standing to sue. A Center for Eating Disorders v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama Defended insurer in litigation alleging intentional interference with business and contractual relations, which resulted in summary judgment for the client. Heffner v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Defended insurer in ERISA national class action over calculation of insurance deductibles. Defended Medicare Advantage plans Defended Medicare Advantage plans in actions filed in Alabama state courts by hundreds of individual beneficiaries alleging fraud by agents during the enrollment process.