McDONALD v. DAMIAN

No. 99 CV 598.

56 F.Supp.2d 574 (1999)

Anne Marie McDONALD and Francis X. McDonald, v. Jude DAMIAN, M.D., Damian, Olex & Pacropis, J. Brien Murphy, M.D., Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Associates, Ltd., Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Herbert E. Auerbach, D.O., Abington Memorial Hospital, Keystone Health Plan East, Independence Blue Cross, And Pennsylvania Blue Shield

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barton A. Haines, Law Offices of Barton S. Haines, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for plaintiffs.

James P. Kilcoyne, James Kilcoyne & Associates, Plymouth Meeting, PA, for Jude Damian, M.D., Damian, Olex & Pacropis, defendants.

Richard A. Kolb, White & Williams, LLD, Philadelphia, PA, for Herbert E. Auerbach, D.O., Abington Memorial Hosp., defendants.

Kenwyn M. Dougherty, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for J. Brien Murphy, M.D., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Associates, Ltd., defendants.

Daniel Witney, Howell, Gately, Whitney & Carter, Towson, MD, for SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, defendant.

Ruth R. Wessel, Kirsten Hare, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, for Keystone Health Plan East, Independence Blue Cross, defendants.

James A. Young, K. Tia Burke, Christie, Pabarue, Mortenson and Young, Philadelphia, PA, for Pennsylvania Blue Shield, defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOYNER, District Judge.

This civil action has been removed to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441 and 1446 on the basis of federal question jurisdiction (preemption by Section 502 of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA")). Before the court is the motion of plaintiffs, Anne Marie McDonald ("Anne Marie") and Francis McDonald (collectively "McDonalds...

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