Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

67 F.3d 305 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-55065. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 10, 1995. Decided Sept. 21, 1995. 1 Before: FARRIS and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Plaintiff-appellant Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ("Cedars") seeks benefits alleged to be due under an insured employee benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001 et seq. Cedars appeals a judgment entered in favor of defendant-appellee Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") in the district court. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we affirm. FACTS 4 MassMutual was the insurer of an ERISA plan (the "MassMutual plan") issued to the Good Guys, Inc. ("Good Guys"). The MassMutual plan…