CARDUCCI v. AETNA U.S. HEALTHCARE

Civil Action Nos. 01-4675(JBS), 01-4964(JBS), 01-5217(JCL), 01-5237(JWB), 01-5339(AMW), 01-5812(JBS).

204 F.Supp.2d 796 (2002)

Caroline CARDUCCI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA U.S. HEALTHCARE, Defendant. Jean Levine, Plaintiff, v. United Healthcare Corp., Defendant. Carole West, Plaintiff, v. Health Net of the Northeast, Defendant. David Collins, Plaintiff, v. Oxford Health Plans, Defendant. Noreen Bogurski, Plaintiff, v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Defendant. Benjamin Edmonson, Plaintiff, v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natalie A. Finkelman, Esquire, Scott R. Shepherd, Esquire, James C. Shah, Esquire, Shepherd & Finkelman, LLC, and John W. Trimble, Jr., Esquire, Morrison & Trimble, Turnersville, NJ, for plaintiffs Carducci, Levine, and Edmonson.

Donna Siegel Moffa, Esquire, Franklin P. Solomon, Esquire, Weitz & Luxenberg, Cherry Hill, NJ, for plaintiffs West, Collins, and Bogurski.

Burt M. Rublin, Ramond A. Quaglia, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, for defendant Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, Horizon Healthcare Services.

Edward S. Wardell, Kelley, Wardell & Craig, LLP, Haddonfield, NJ, for defendant Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. d/b/a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and for Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, Horizon Healthcare Services.

William J. O'Shaughnessy, Esquire, Harvey C. Kaish, Esquire, B. John Pendleton, Esquire, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, for defendants Oxford Health Plans, Inc. and Health Net of the Northeast, Inc.

Theodore D. Aden, Esquire, Carol A. Lafond, Esquire, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae, LLP, Newark, NJ, and Edward A. Scallet, Esquire, Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Esquire, William F. Hanrahan, Esquire, Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC, for defendant United Healthcare Corp., k/n/a United Health Group, Inc.

Edward S. Wardell, Esquire, Raymond Quaglia, Esquire, Kelley, Wardell & Craig, LLP, Haddonfield, NJ, for defendant Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is presently before the Court on plaintiff's motion to remand this action to state court [Docket Item 13-1], based on a lack of federal jurisdiction. Also pending before this Court is defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' Complaints [Docket Item 13-1], which will be addressed, if necessary, in a later Opinion, if this Court determines that federal question jurisdiction...

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