United States Fifth Circuit
ROARK v. HUMANA, INC., 01-10831, 01-10891, 01-10905
In a consolidated action, where plaintiffs sued their HMOs for negligence under Texas law, two plaintiffs' suits are dismissed due to preemption by ERISA, but one plaintiff's action, which asserted a tort claim as opposed to challenging the ERISA plan administrator, is allowed.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/31/2002
- Published 10/31/2002
Judges
- JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, BENAVIDES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- George Parker Young (argued), The Law Offices of George Parker Young, Elizabeth S. Kerr, Fort Worth, TX, for Roark, Calad and Davila., Kay Gunderson Reeves, Dallas, TX, for Roark., Robert N. Eccles (argued), O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, for Humana, Inc., Humana Health Plan of Texas Inc., Humana HMO Texas Inc. and CIGNA HealthCare of Texas Inc., Elizabeth H. Kilbride, Kilbride, Cullen & Morrison, Houston, TX, for Calad., Steven R. Shaver, Amy Elizabeth Stewart, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Dallas, TX, for CIGNA HealthCare of Texas Inc., John Bruce Shely (argued), Kendall Matthew Gray, Andrews & Kurth Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, Houston, TX, for Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc. and Aetna U.S. Healthcare of North Texas Inc.
- For Appellees:
- Jennifer R. Henderson, Porter, Rogers, Dahlman & Gordon, Corpus Christi, TX, Richard Glenn Foster, Porter, Rogers, Dahlman & Gordon, San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellees in 01-10831.