Legal Opinion
Hartenstine v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1987No. E003956PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDANIEL, J.
Huntington Intercommunity Hospital (Hospital) sued Stephen Hartenstine (Hartenstine), a federal employee, for $7,709.35 in unpaid hospital expenses. Hartenstine filed a cross-complaint against his insurance carriers, alleging counts in contract and in tort. The trial court granted the carriers’ motion for summary adjudication of the tort counts, on the ground that those counts were preempted by the Federal Employee Health Benefits Act (5 U.S.C. § 8901 et seq., hereafter referred to as FEH-BA). Hartenstine petitioned this court for a writ of mandate which would direct the…
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