Legal Opinion
Nguyen v. Healthguard of Lancaster, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 2003No. CIV.03-3106PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Bori Nguyen and her husband Anh-Dung Nguyen assert claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., the Pennsylvania Bad Faith Insurance statute, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8371, and Pennsylvania common law actions of medical malpractice and loss of consortium. These claims arise out of Plaintiff Bori Nguyen’s dispute with her insurer, defendant Healthguard of Lancaster, Inc. (“Health-guard” or “defendant”), over coverage for major surgery to cure a spinal injury. Defendant now moves to dismiss the…
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