Legal Opinion
Montefiore Medical Center v. Teamsters Local 272
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 21, 2011No. Docket 10-1451-cvPublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This case is yet another act in the all-too-familiar drama involving patients, their health care providers, and their health care benefit plans. The question presented is whether a health care provider’s breach of contract and quasi-contract claims against a benefit plan established pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., are completely preempted by federal law under the two-pronged test for ERISA preemption established in Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila, 542 U.S. 200, 209, 124 S.Ct. 2488, 159 L.Ed.2d…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by326 opinions
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