Legal Opinion
Pappas v. Asbel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 2001No. 98 E.D. Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
Based on the principles the United States Supreme Court articulated in New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Ins. Co., 514 U.S. 645, 115 S.Ct. 1671, 131 L.Ed.2d 695 (1995), we issued an opinion in the instant case on December 23, 1998, holding that the state law medical negligence claims asserted against third-party defendant United States Healthcare Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc. (“U.S. Healthcare”) are not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C.
*4101001 et seq. Pappas v. Asbel, 555 Pa. 342,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Pegram v. HerdrichSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Hutchison v. Sunbeam Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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