CHOICE HEALTHCARE v. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN

No. 09-31056.

615 F.3d 364 (2010)

CHOICE HEALTHCARE, INC.; Touro Infirmary, as Principal of Choice Healthcare, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Southern California HMO; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid Atlantic States; Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Beahm, Jacob Kenneth Best (argued), Beahm & Green, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Larry E. Demmons (argued), Perry R. Staub, Jr., Taggart Morton, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Derek Shane Davis, Sr. Lit. Atty., Michelle Elaine Robberson, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In this suit between a Louisiana health care provider and a foreign health insurer, we consider whether the district court erred in finding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant based on the defendant's payments to plaintiffs for treatment of a small number of defendant's insureds over the course of three years. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I.

Plaintiffs...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases