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CARDUCCI v. AETNA U.S. HEALTHCARE

Civil Action Nos. 01-4675 (JBS), 01-4964(JBS), 01-5217(JCL), 01-5237(JWB), 01-5339(JBS), 01-5812(JBS), 02-417(JBS), 02-1155(JBS).

247 F.Supp.2d 596 (2003)

Caroline CARDUCCI and David Labinski, 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. Dellece L. Barbour, Plaintiff, v. CIGNA Healthcare of New Jersey, Inc., Defendant. William Bibbs, Plaintiff, v. AmeriHealth, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

March 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Solomon, Esquire, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ, and Donna Siegel Moffa, Esquire, Lisa Rodriguez, Esquire, Nicole M. Miles, Esquire, Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC,

Haddonfield, NJ, and Carl D. Poplar, Esquire, Jeffrey Ahren, Esquire, Poplar & Eastlack, Turnersville, NJ, and Roberta D. Liebenberg, Esquire, Fine, Kaplan And Black, R.P.C., Philadelphia, PA, and Marc H. Edelson, Hoffman & Edelson, Doylestown, PA, and Natalie Finkelman Bennett, Esquire, James C. Shah, Esquire, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC, Turnersville, NJ, and Scott R. Shepherd, Esquire, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC, Media, PA, and John W. Trimble, Jr., Esquire, Morrison & Trimble, LLC, Turnersville, NJ, and Mitchell A. Toups, Esquire, Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, LLP, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiffs Carducci, Labinski, Levine, West, Collins, Bogurski, Edmonson, and Barbour.

Philip Stephen Fuoco, Esquire, Joseph A. Osefchen, Esquire, Law Firm of Philip Stephen Fuoco, Haddonfield, NJ, for Plaintiff Bibbs.

Burt M. Rublin, Esquire, Raymond A. Quaglia, Esquire, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Aetna U.S. Healthcare.

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

Edward A. Scallet, Esquire, William F. Hanrahan, Esquire Jason H. Ehrenberg, Esquire, Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC, and Theodore D. Aden, Esquire, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant United Healthcare Corporation.

B. John Pendleton, Jr., Esquire, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Health Net of the Northeast, Inc.

William J. O'Shaughnessy, Esquire, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Douglas Arpert, Esquire, Norton, Arpert, Sheehy & Higgins, P.C., West Patterson, NJ, and Brian D. Boyle, Esquire, Dye, Esquire, William J. Stuckwisch, Esquire, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant CIGNA HealthCare of New Jersey, Inc. Thomas S. Biemer, Esquire, John J. Higson, Esquire, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Defendant Ameri-Martha Health, Inc

SIMANDLE, District Judge:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.  BACKGROUND.....................................................................604
II. DISCUSSION.....................................................................605
A.  Motion to Dismiss Standard of Review...........................................605
B. Motion to Dismiss Analysis......................................................606
1. Complete Preemption...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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