Legal Opinion
US Healthcare, Inc.(New York) v. O'BRIEN
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 30, 1994No. 92 Civ. 7647 (MGC)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
This action arises from a dispute over the interpretation of a right of recovery clause in a health benefits plan issued by plaintiff U.S. Healthcare, Inc. of New York (“USH”). The plan is an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. USH seeks a declaratory judgment that it is entitled to recover from the proceeds of a pending state medical malpractice action more than $1 million in benefits that it paid for the care of Michael O’Brien, on whose behalf the malpractice…
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