Lipstein v. UnitedHealth Group

*282 OPINION

SIMANDLE, Chief Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Mark and Anita Lipstein bring this putative class action against Defendants UnitedHealthcare Services, Inc., and United Healthcare Insurance Co. (collectively, “Defendants” or “United”) for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”).* 1 Plaintiffs claim that Defendants, the claims administrator for thousands of health insurance plans, including the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. health care plan (“BMS Plan” or “the Plan”), failed to follow the clear language of the plans when determining…