DAY v. FALLON COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Civil Action No. 94-40148-NMG.

917 F.Supp. 72 (1996)

Dr. Robert C. DAY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FALLON COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Raphaelson, Raphaelson & Raphaelson, Worcester, MA, William E. Weber, Weber, Waxman & Brown, Hauppauge, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas I. Elkind, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Boston, MA, Daly D.E. Temchine, William G. Kopit, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, for Fallon Community HEA.

Robert M. Buchanan, Jr., Sarah C. Columbia, James Roosevelt, Jr., Jeffrey A. Levinson, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, MA, for Kaiser Foundation and Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Community Health Plan of New England, Inc., U.S. Healthcare U.S., Stacy Lundin, M.D., Marshall V. Rozzi, M.D. and Manuel Ferris, M.D.

Thane D. Scott, Michael T. Gass, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Bay State Health Care, Inc., Pilgrim Health Care, Michael Kaufman, M.D., Samuel Nussbaum, M.D.

Mark E. Cohen, Stephen D. Rosenberg, McCormack & Epstein, Boston, MA, for Central Massachusetts Health Care, Richard E. Myer, M.D.

Philip A. Proger, Kevin D. McDonald, Jones, Day, Reabis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for CIGNA Healthcare.

Neil P. Motenko, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, for Community Health PLA.

Francis D. Dibble, Jr., Kevin C. Maynard, Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield, MA, for Health New England, Inc.

Joseph D. Halpern, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mass., Boston, MA, for HMO Blue, Inc., Seth Blumberg, M.D.

Steven E. Snow, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, Providence, RI, for HMO Rhode Island.

James S. Franchek, Kevin Hern, Jr., Riemer & Braunstein, Boston, MA, Frank E. Reardon, Hassan & Reardon, Boston, MA, for Matthew Thorton Health Plan, Jon Vore, M.D.

William N. Berkowitz, Charles L. Janes, Charles L. Solomont, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, for Metlife Health Care.

Susan Hughes Banning, Hemenway & Barnes, Boston, MA, for Neighborhood Health.

Thomas I. Elkind, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Boston, MA, William G. Kopit, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Washington, DC, for Prucare of Mass., Ernest Bourass, M.D., Joel Kaufman, M.D., Fallon Clinic, Inc., Morris Spierer, M.D.

Steven W. Kasten, Boston, MA, Donald R. Frederico, McDermott, Will & Emory, Boston, MA, for Tufts Associated Health Plan, Joseph Gerstein, M.D.

Amy K. Posner, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City, for William T. Friedewald, M.D.

Francis D. Dibble, Jr., Buckley, Richardson & Gelinas, Springfield, MA, for Donald P. Burt, M.D.

William E. Weber, Weber, Waxman & Brown, Hauppauge, NY, for Mark A. Davini.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

This antitrust class action suit was brought by the plaintiffs against 21 health maintenance organizations ("HMOs") and their medical directors. Pending before this Court is a joint motion by defendants to dismiss the plaintiffs' second amended Complaint. For the reasons stated below, the defendants' motion will be allowed.

I. BACKGROUND

Two classes of plaintiffs have joined together in filing...

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