Stanford Health Care v. Hawaii Medical Service Association
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STANFORD HEALTH CARE, Case No. 21-cv-06720-HSG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
HAWAII MEDICAL SERVICE Re: Dkt. No.
ASSOCIATION,
11 Defendant.
12 Before the Court is Defendant Hawaii Medical Service Association’s (“HMSA”) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 22. For the reasons below, the Court grants HMSA’s motion.1 I. BACKGROUND For purposes of this motion, the Court accepts the following allegations as true: Plaintiff Stanford Health Care (“Stanford Hospital”) is a California non-profit with its principal place of business in Santa Clara County, California. Defendant Hawaii Medical Service Association (“HMSA”) is a Hawaiian insurance company with its principal place of business in Honolulu, Hawaii. Under a written contract between Stanford Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross of California (the “Stanford/Blue Cross Contract”), Stanford Hospital agrees to provide…