Legal Opinion
CeCelia Ibson v. United Healthcare Services
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2014No. 13-3153PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
CeCelia Catherine Ibson and her family were insured by United Healthcare Services, Inc. (UHS) through a policy available to her to as a member of her law firm. Due to an error, UHS began informing Ibson’s medical providers that Ibson and her family no longer had insurance coverage. Although UHS eventually paid the claims it should have paid all along, Ibson initiated this action against UHS raising state law claims of breach of contract, negligence, and bad faith, and seeking punitive damages. UHS responded that Ib-son’s claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement…
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