Md. Supreme Court: Insurer Can’t Moot Embryo Thawing Class Case With $900 Payment

( April 30, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Health policies in Maryland, with the exception of policies issued to small employers, must “cover expenses arising from IVF [in vitro fertilization] procedures to the same extent as expenses arising from other pregnancy-related procedures,” a divided Maryland Supreme Court ruled, affirming an appellate panel’s reinstatement of putative class claims by insureds seeking coverage for embryo thawing and agreeing that a class case can’t be mooted by reimbursing the insureds after the complaint was filed and before class certification was sought....