United States Sixth Circuit
MED. MUT. OF OHIO v. DESOTO, 99-3988, 00-3571
California law governs the defendant's employee welfare benefit plan with plaintiff where the place of performance was California, and defendant incurred medical expenses in California.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/27/2001
- Published 03/27/2001
Judges
- Before MERRITT, KENNEDY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Mary M. Utterback (briefed), Thelen, Reid & Priest, Washington, DC, Curtis A. Cole, briefed, Thelen, Reid & Priest, Los Angeles, CA, for California Healthcare Ass'n, Amicus Curiae in No. 99-3988.
- For Appellees:
- Stephen F. Gladstone (argued and briefed), Michael J. Holleran (briefed), Frantz & Ward, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee Medical Mutual of Ohio in Nos. 99-3988, 00-3571., William F. Gibson, Robert H. Eddy (argued and briefed), Janice Aitken (briefed), Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant Denise deSoto in No. 00-3571., William F. Gibson, Robert H. Eddy (argued and briefed), Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant Jose Peppy deSoto in No. 00-3571., Janice Aitken (briefed), Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant Denise deSoto in No. 99-3988., Robert H. Eddy (argued and briefed), Janice Aitken, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant Jose Peppy deSoto in No. 99-3988.