United States Ninth Circuit

In an action for reimbursement of medical benefit payments, dismissal of plaintiff-trust plan's state law claims is reversed and remanded where some common law claims for reimbursement may survive ERISA's preemptive force.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2004
• Decided 09/15/2004
• Published 09/15/2004

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CANBY, JR., NOONAN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gerald Selvo and Desmond Lee, Decarlo, Connor & Selvo, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Craig R. McClellan, John H. Gomez, and Cindy Lane, McClellan & Associates, San Diego, CA, Donald M. de Camara, Law Offices of Donald M. de Camara, Carlsbad, CA, for the appellees.