LAFURIA v. LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE INDEM. CO.

Civ. A. No. 93-0624.

826 F.Supp. 1017 (1993)

Dr. Peter LAFURIA v. LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE INDEMNITY CO., d/b/a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

July 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Berniard, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for plaintiff.

Michael Jessie McNulty, III, Lake Charles, LA, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this suit in the City Court of Lake Charles, Louisiana for medical services in the amount of $3,000. The issue is whether the case was properly removed to this Court. The complaint in the City Court did not plead a federal cause of action. Normally, that should be the end of our inquiry. But, in an area of complete pre-emption, if the true gravamen of the action...

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