Legal Opinion
Rubin-Schneiderman v. Merit Behavioral Care Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 10, 2001No. 00 Civ. 8101(JSM)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
MARTIN, District Judge.
Eric Rubin-Schneiderman (“Plaintiff’) originally filed this action against Merit Behavioral Care Corp. (“Merit”), Sati Ah-luwalia, M.D. (“Dr.Ahluwalia”), and Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (“Empire Blue Cross”) (collectively “Defendants”) in New York Supreme Court. Defendants removed the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441 on the grounds that Plaintiffs claims are completely preempted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). Plaintiff now moves to remand the case to state court. For the reasons set forth below,…
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