Legal Opinion
Brasure v. Optimum Choice Insurance
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 4, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-257 MMSPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant Optimum Choice Inc. (“OCI”) is a health maintenance organization which provides health benefits under employee welfare benefit plans governed by ERISA. Plaintiff Christopher Brasure has filed a complaint against OCI under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), seeking “to recover benefits due under terms of the plan.” Plaintiff alleges that he was an eligible member of an OCI employee health benefit plan provided by Brasure Pest Control, Inc. (“BPCI”), and as such is entitled to receive health benefits thereunder. OCI maintains…
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