LOS ANGELES — The nation’s largest health insurer, WellPoint, Inc., and its California subsidiary, Anthem Blue Cross, are being sued by a man who says he was denied a life saving liver transplant based on geography.

The lawsuit was filed by 61-year-old Ephram Nehme, a Lebanese immigrant, who claims he was automatically denied coverage for a liver transplant that his doctor said was medically necessary to save his life. Read the story