Fallick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GRAHAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff Arthur Falliek is a former employee of defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, which is a subsidiary of defendant Nationwide Life Insurance Company (both hereinafter occasionally referred to as “Nationwide”). Falliek is a beneficiary of an employee medical benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Plaintiff alleges that defendants improperly reduce or deny claims for benefits on the grounds that such claims are in excess of what defendants…