Legal Opinion
Lancaster Ex Rel. Lancaster v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 10, 1997No. Civ. A. 97-122-APublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are a minor child and her mother who filed a state court action alleging: (i) medical malpractice against two primary-care physicians; (ii) vicarious liability and negligence against the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and the physicians’ professional corporation; and (in) fraud against all defendants. Defendants promptly re-. moved the action to federal court, arguing that plaintiffs’ state law claims triggered the “complete preemption” exception to the “well-pleaded complaint rule.” See Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 481 U.S.…
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