Legal Opinion
Allergy Diagnostics Laboratory v. Equitable
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-2045PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEWIS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a medical service provider, filed a number of small complaints with its local district justice. Its default judgments were consolidated for appeal in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Civil Division, Arbitration Division. This state court action alleged, inter alia, avoidance of payment for medical services by defendant. On December 14, 1990, defendant The Equitable, an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 1002, petitioned this court for removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441, claiming that plaintiff’s suit…
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