WEITZ v. LOVELACE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

No. 98-2265.

214 F.3d 1175 (2000)

Lorraine L. WEITZ, Personal Representative of the Estate of Arlene Gutierrez, Deceased, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Loretta Gutierrez, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOVELACE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., doing business as Lovelace Medical Center; Lovelace Mental Health Partnership; Tim Strogin, Ph.D.; Genevieve Davidge, LCSW; J. Barry Rumbles, LCSW, Defendants-Appellees. and CIGNA Corporation; CIGNA Holdings, Inc.; CIGNA Health Corporation; CIGNA Healthcare Inc.; Connecticut General Corporation; United States of America, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Barish, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gary L. Gordon, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Robin A. Goble, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EBEL, HOLLOWAY, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lorraine Weitz ("Weitz") filed an action on behalf of her sister, Arlene Gutierrez ("Arlene"), and her niece, Loretta Gutierrez ("Loretta") in federal district court against the United States, Lovelace Health and several of its employees and business affiliates (collectively, "Lovelace") (a mental health provider), and various other defendants.1 Weitz filed suit against the United States pursuant...

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