Legal Opinion
Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. National Park Medical Center, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 17, 1997No. LR-C-95-514PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MOODY, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the plaintiffs’ motion to declare Arkansas’ Patient Protection Act of 1995 (the PPA), Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 23-99-201 to -209 (Michie Supp.1995), preempted by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., and for a permanent injunction of the enforcement of the PPA is granted, and the defendants’ motion for declaratory and injunctive relief which would enforce the PPA is denied.
I.Procedural History
Plaintiffs,…
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