Legal Opinion
Schoedinger v. United Healthcare of the Midwest, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2009No. 07-3317PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Orthopedic surgeon George Schoedinger and his employer, Signature Health Services, Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), commenced this action for damages and equitable relief, alleging that United Healthcare of the Midwest, Inc. (“Unit ed”), wrongfully denied or reduced 295 health care insurance claims. United removed the action because 289 of those claims were submitted under employee welfare benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Plaintiffs then filed an amended complaint asserting, as relevant here,…
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