Roark v. Humana, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a claim that an HMO had failed to use ordinary care in making a medical necessity determination sounded in tort and was not preempted
• stating that the Supreme Court has not decided whether section 502(a)(1)(B) preempts a medical malpractice claim involving “mixed decisions,” but holding under Fifth Circuit law that it does not
• “ERISA provides no cause of action for medical malpractice claims against an HMO” and such claims are therefore not preempted by § 502(a)(1)(B)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-21· cited 1,620×
• Halmekangas v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-04-14· cited 79×
• Fossen v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Montana, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-10-18· cited 69×
• Musmeci v. Schwegmann Giant Super Markets, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-06-13· cited 59×
• Lind v. Aetna Health, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-10-31· cited 51×
• McGowin v. Manpower International, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-05· cited 44×
• Difelice v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare
  Third Circuit· 2003-10-15· cited 41×
• Smallwood v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-07· cited 27×
• Jim Klassy and Barbra Klassy v. Physicians Plus Insurance Company and Gary Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-06-15· cited 10×
• Jackson v. City of San Antonio
  W.D. Texas· 2003-12-03· cited 10×
• Burton v. Southwood Door Co., Mea, Inc.
  S.D. Mississippi· 2003-07-07· cited 8×
• Marks v. Suddath Relocation Systems, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2004-05-19· cited 6×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-17· cited 3×
• Calad v. Cigna Healthcare of Texas Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-10-12· cited 1×
• Smallwood v. IL Central RR Co
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-07
• Difelice v. Aetna Healthcare
  Third Circuit· 2003-10-15
• Klassy, Jim v. Physicians Plus Insu
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-06-15

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 9,468×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 3,550×
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,207×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-27· cited 1,937×
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 1,857×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
  Supreme Court· 1908-11-16· cited 1,832×
• New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-26· cited 1,597×
• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-08· cited 1,264×
• Pegram v. Herdrich
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 1,043×
• Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,021×
• California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A.
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-18· cited 752×
• Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-05· cited 682×
• Oliver v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-09· cited 545×
• De Buono v. NYSA-ILA Medical & Clinical Services Fund Ex Rel. Bowers
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-02· cited 317×
• Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 300×
• Kenneth E. Wildbur, Sr. v. Arco Chemical Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-07· cited 300×
• The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-07-14· cited 287×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-06-19· cited 244×

Other cases named Roark v. Humana, Inc.

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Roark v. Humana Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-01-27
• Roark v. Humana Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-11-09
• Roark v. Humana, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2003-09-18