United States Second Circuit

ERISA does not preempt claims arising out of defendant's decision to deny the plaintiff's deceased spouse preauthorization for a requested medical procedure, thus the district court erred in dismissing the medical malpractice claims. (Republished opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2003
• Published 02/26/2003

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before:  CALABRESI, SACK, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David L. Trueman, Mineola, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Harold N. Iselin, Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Hank M. Greenberg, of counsel), Albany, NY, submitted a brief for Amicus Curiae New York Health Plan Association of New York, Inc., John N. Ekdahl, General Counsel, American Medical Association (Donald R. Moy, of counsel), Chicago, IL, submitted a brief for Amici Curiae American Medical Association and Medical Society of the State of New York.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael H. Bernstein, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP (Colleen A. Tan, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.