Federal Judge Allows Amendment After Finding Providers Lack Assignment Of Rights

(May 5, 2020, 1:33 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — Emergency care providers fail to plead adequate assignments of rights, which dooms Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims, but the plaintiffs may amend their complaint to cure the defect or move for remand if they do not wish to pursue the claims, a federal judge in New Jersey said April 30 (Emergency Physicians of St. Clare’s LLC, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, et al., No. 19-12112, D. N.J., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75921)....

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