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United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jeffrey I. Ehrlich, Attorney
California Certified Appellate Lawyer
Hofler v. Aetna US Healthcare of California, Inc., 296 F.3d 764 (9th Cir. 2002).
Summary
In this case Mr. Ehrlich convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that bad-faith claims against Medicare HMOs were not preempted by the Medicare Act, and could not be removed to federal court on the basis of federal preemption.