Legal Opinion
Texas Medical Ass'n v. Aetna Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1996No. 94-20690PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The Texas Medical Association, the Harris County Medical Society, and five individual doctors brought suit against Aetna Life Insurance Co. and other affiliated companies challenging the doctors’ deselection from Aetna’s preferred provider organization. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Aetna on the grounds that Texas law does not provide a private cause of action to enforce Texas administrative regulations governing preferred provider health insurance plans. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. FACTS
On November 24, 1993, the Texas Medical Association (“TMA”),…
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