WURTZ v. RAWLINGS CO., LLC

No. 13-1695-cv.

761 F.3d 232 (2014)

Meghan WURTZ, Mindy Burnovski, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The RAWLINGS COMPANY, LLC, Oxford Health Plans (N.Y.), Inc., United-Health Group Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 31, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin P. Solomon , Solomon Law Firm, LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ, and Steven J. Harfenist , Friedman, Harfenist, Kraut & Perlstein LLP, Lake Success, N.Y. ( Frank R. Schirripa , Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard W. Cohen , Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, NY, and Anton Metlitsky , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Uriel Rabinovitz , Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., White Plains, NY; Gerald Lawrence , Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C., West Conshohocken, PA; Brian D. Boyle , Theresa S. Gee , David K. Roberts , O'Melveney & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; Charles E. Bachman , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

David S. Preminger , Keller Rohrback LLP, New York, NY, and Benjamin Gould , Keller Rohrback LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

Before: WALKER, CABRANES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs initially filed the complaint in this case in New York state court, seeking, among other things, to enjoin defendant insurers under N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-335 from obtaining reimbursement of medical benefits from plaintiffs' tort settlements. Defendants removed this action to the Eastern District of New York (Joseph F. Bianco, District Judge), where the district court granted defendants' motion to dismiss...

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