Emsurgcare
Emsurgcare v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
EMSURGCARE et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-03654-SB-E Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
REMAND [DKT. NO. 15]
UNITEDHEALTHCARE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
In June 2020, Plaintiffs Emsurgcare and Emergency Surgical Assistant (ESA) provided emergency medical care to a patient insured by Defendant UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company (UIC). Emsurgcare and ESA billed UIC $60,000 and $59,000, respectively, for the services provided, but Defendant paid less than $1,700 on Emsurgcare’s claim and nothing on ESA’s. Plaintiffs, together with the patient, filed a lawsuit in state court alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and quantum meruit. After the suit was removed, this Court dismissed Plaintiffs’ amended pleading with leave to amend and ordered the parties to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for violating the Court’s orders. Instead of amending, Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed that case and then filed this action in state court, alleging only their state-law quantum meruit claim and including language suggesting that…