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K.B. BY AND THROUGH QASSIS v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE

No. 18-6128.

929 F.3d 795 (2019)

K.B., BY AND THROUGH her natural parent, Jennifer QASSIS; Lillian Knox-Bender, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE — MEMPHIS HOSPITALS, dba Methodist Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James E. Blount, IV , BLOUNT LAW FIRM, PLLC, Collierville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Buckner P. Wellford , BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James E. Blount, IV , BLOUNT LAW FIRM, PLLC, Collierville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Buckner P. Wellford , Matthew S. Mulqueen , BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: McKEAGUE, THAPAR, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The only rule without an exception is that every rule has an exception. The usual rule is that a plaintiff gets to choose where to sue. Lillian Knox-Bender chose Tennessee state court. But the Supreme Court carved out an exception to the usual rule when it recognized complete preemption under ERISA. So, after...

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