RUDEL v. HAWAI'I MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE ASS'N

Nos. 17-17395, 17-17460.

937 F.3d 1262 (2019)

Randy RUDEL, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. HAWAI'I MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan J. Kimura (argued) and David J. Minkin , McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Honolulu, Hawai'i; Clarissa A. Kang and Angel L. Garrett , Trucker Huss, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Allen K. Williams (argued), Trecker Fritz & Williams, Honolulu, Hawai'i; Woodruff K. Soldner , Michael R. Cruise , and R. Aaron Creps , Leavitt Yamane & Soldner, Honolulu, Hawai'i; for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Dianne Winter Brookins (argued) and Jasmine M. Fisher , Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, Hawai'i, for Amicus Curiae Hawai'i Medical Service Association.

Kate S. O'Scannlain , Solicitor of Labor; G. William Scott , Associate Solicitor for Plan Benefits Security; Thomas Tso , Counsel for Appellate and Special Litigation; Kira Hettinger , Trial Attorney; United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Plan Benefits Security Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Consuelo M. Callahan and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this case, we consider whether two Hawai'i statutes restricting health insurers' subrogation recovery rights are saved from preemption under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and, if so, whether the statutes provide a relevant rule of...

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