ROSE v. PSA AIRLINES, INC.

No. 21-2207.

80 F.4th 488 (2023)

Jody ROSE, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kyree Devon Holman, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PSA AIRLINES, INC.; PSA Airlines, Inc. Group Benefit Plan; UMR, Inc.; Quantum Health, Inc., a/k/a MyQHealth by QuXantum; MCMC, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and PSA Airlines Group Insurance Plan; PSA Airlines Group Health Benefit Plan; PSA Airlines Plan B Employee Benefit Plan; PSA Airlines Shared Services Org., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 11, 2023.

Amended: September 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Norris Arden Adams, II , ESSEX & RICHARDS, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Edward Joseph Meehan , GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED, Washington, D.C.; Brian D. Boone , ALSTON & BIRD LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Caitlin Hale Walton , ESSEX RICHARDS, P.A. Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Ross P. McSweeney , GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED, Washington, D.C., for Appellees PSA Airlines, Inc. and PSA Airlines, Inc. Group Benefit Plan. Brandon C.E. Springer , ALSTON & BIRD LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee UMR, Inc. Rachel Ann Smoot , TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER, LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee Quantum Health, Inc. Victoria Therese Kepes , Alfred Victor Rawl, Jr. , GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee MCMC, LLC.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Quattlebaum joined. Judge Heytens wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


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