Legal Opinion
Peay v. BellSouth Medical Assistance Plan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2000No. 98-4180PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or, in the alternative, to transfer for improper venue. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse.
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At the time of the events in this case, plaintiff Jennifer McCluskey lived in Tennessee with her guardian, plaintiff Robert Peay. Peay’s employer, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BST), provided both Peay and McCluskey with insurance through defendant BellSouth Medical Assistance Plan (“Plan”). BST is headquartered in Atlanta,…
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