PARRINO v. FHP, INC.

No. 96-55920.

146 F.3d 699 (1998)

Nick PARRINO, as Administrator of the Estate of Stephen Frank Parrino, Deceased, and successor to Steve Parrino, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FHP, INC., a California Corp.; FHP Healthcare, a California Corp., aka FHP Value Plan; FHP Administrators, a Division of Ultralink Inc., a California Corporation; Friendly Hills Healthcare Network, a California non-profit corporation, dba Friendly Hills Regional Medical Center; Friendly Hills Medical Group, a general partnership; Friendly Hills Regional Medical Center Guild, Inc., a California non-profit corporation; Rem Almirante, M.D., an individual; Jeffrey Wolf, M.D., an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1998.

As Amended July 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. Angelo, and Anthony Kornarens, Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

L. Rachel Lerman Helyar, Horvitz & Levy, Encino, California, and Brian P. Barrow, O'Flaherty & Belgum, Long Beach, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before: BROWNING, BRUNETTI, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Stephen Parrino subscribed to an HMO plan administered by FHP, Inc. and secured by his employer, Parrino Trucking Co. Friendly Hills acted as the plan's primary health care provider. Parrino was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and Friendly Hills referred him to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment. Loma Linda physicians removed the brain tumor, and prescribed immediate proton beam therapy to reduce the chance of recurrence. FHP...

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