Legal Opinion
Jass v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1996No. 95-2471PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Betty Jass underwent knee replacement surgery but was dissatisfied with the result. She sued Prudential Health Care Plan (“Pru-Care”), the administrator of her husband’s employee benefit plan, and Karen Margulis, a nurse employed by PruCare, for vicarious liability and negligence. PruCare removed the case to federal court asserting diversity and federal question jurisdiction. Jass moved to remand. Before the district court ruled on her motion to remand, Jass amended her complaint and added a negligence claim against Dr. Peter Anderson, the treating physician who, like…
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