ZUNIGA v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

Nos. 93-1536, 93-1872.

52 F.3d 1395 (1995)

Jorge S. ZUNIGA; Jorge S. Zuniga, M.D., P.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, a Michigan non-profit corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Preferred Health Care, Limited, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Michalsen (argued and briefed), Alan T. Rogalski (briefed), Frimet & Michalsen, Southfield, MI, for Jorge S. Zuniga, Jorge S. Zuniga, M.D., P.C.

Edward W. Fisher (argued and briefed), Debra A. Spicer (briefed), Detroit, MI, for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan.

Vivian Perry-Johnston, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Preferred Health Care, Ltd.

Before: MARTIN, NELSON, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAUGHTREY, J., joined. NELSON, J. (pp. 1402-1406), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and Jorge Zuniga both challenge the district court's decisions regarding the preemption of Zuniga's state law claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001...

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