Bay Area Surgical Management LLC v. Aetna Life Insurance
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Freeman, J.
*991 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
[Re: ECF 31, 35]
Plaintiffs Bay Area Surgical Management, LLC, Bay Area Surgical Group, Inc., Forest Surgery Center, L.P., SOAR Surgery Center, LLC, Knowles Surgery Center, LLC, National Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, and Los Altos Surgery Center, L.P. bring this action alleging violations of the Sherman Act, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, intentional interference with actual contractual relations, violations of California’s antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, and violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law against Defendants E3 Healthcare Management LLC, Alpine Healthcare, LLC, Bascom Surgery Center, L.P., Campus Surgery Center L.P., El Cami-no Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, Silicon Valley Surgery Center, L.P., and Waverley Surgery Center, L.P.’s (collectively “E3”), Defendant United Healthcare Services, Inc. and Defendant Aetna Life Insurance Company (collectively “Insurers”). Before the Court are Defendant E3 and Defendant Insurers’ motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). The Court has considered the briefing submitted by the…