Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Chiropractic Ass'n v. Independence Hospital Indemnity Plan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 2015No. 14-2322, 14-3174, 15-1274PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Two chiropractors and an association of chiropractors filed this suit against an insurance company. They contend that, when determining how much to pay for services rendered to patients, the insurer failed to use the procedures required by 29 U.S.C. § 1133, part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Plaintiffs’ ability to invoke ERISA depends on their being “beneficiaries” of a plan established under that law. See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Over the course of 19 opinions that aggregate more than 200 single-spaced pages, the district court concluded…
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