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DANCA v. PRIVATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 98-1754.

185 F.3d 1 (1999)

Pamela DANCA, Joseph Danca, Jr., Katelyn J. Danca and Lisa A. Danca, Plaintiff, Appellants, v. PRIVATE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, INC., and Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard F. Zandrow, Jr., with whom John W. Brister and Brister & Zandrow, L.L.P. were on brief, for appellants.

Nicholas P. Hansen, with whom Van Aaron Hughes and Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. were on brief, for Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Albert Zakarian, with whom Day, Berry & Howard LLP was on brief, for Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this difficult case, plaintiffs Pamela Danca and members of her family (collectively, plaintiffs) seek to hold defendants-appellees Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company (Phoenix) and Private Healthcare Systems Inc. (PHSI) responsible for allegedly negligent medical decisionmaking in the course of a precertification requirement apparently mandated by an ERISA-governed health plan. After careful consideration, we affirm the decision of...

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