Legal Opinion
Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 4, 2003No. D040094PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDONALD, J.
this case we hold that state claims are not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) if the claims are against a non-ERISA entity medical services provider for declination to provide medical treatment to an ERISA plan participant for nonmedical reasons other than plan eligibility or plan administration considerations.
Appellant Guadalupe T. Benitez’s complaint against respondent doctors and their employer alleged that the doctors treated her for infertility for an 11-month period, but then refused to provide her with additional infertility treatments…
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