Legal Opinion
OSCAR A. SAMOS, MD v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided September 13, 1991No. Civ. A. 91-0209 PPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The complaint in this case is based on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., and common law negligence. Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and moves to strike the plaintiffs’ demand for a jury trial. As set forth below, defendant’s motion is granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
The body of the complaint is only two pages long and provides only a skeletal outline of the relevant facts. The plaintiffs are Oscar Samos, M.D.,…
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