United States Third Circuit

Where plaintiff's claims challenging proprietary of care, rather than administration of benefits, are not completely preempted by ERISA, they cannot be removed from state court, but failure to timely appeal final sanctions order deprives court of jurisdiction over sanctions appeal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/26/2000
• Decided 12/26/2000
• Published 12/28/2000

Judges

• Before: ROTH and GARTH, Circuit Judges, STANTON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John J. O'Brien, III, (Argued), O'Brien & O'Brien, Wynnewood, PA, Attorney for Appellants/Cross Appellees., Barbara S. Magen, Adrian R. King, Sr., Douglas A. Brockman, Post & Schell, John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellees Pennsylvania Hospital and Institute of Pennsylvania., Rawle & Henderson LLP, Carl D. Buchholz, III, (Argued), Angela M. Heim, The Widener Building, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellee/Cross Appellant United States Healthcare Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc., t/a/ U.S. Healthcare.