Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
St. Mary's Hospital, Inc. v. Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield
504 U.S. 957
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1992-06-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- Veterans Administration hospital failed to disclose to wife that her husband had AIDS; summary judgment entered for United States in wife’s suit for emotional injury because hospital owed wife no duty of disclosure
- "The complaint also is subject to dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6
- “[Ajppellant is not required to amend in order to preserve his right to appeal. When one is granted leave to amend a pleading, she may elect to stand on her pleading and appeal, if the other requirements for a final, appealable judgment are satisfied.”
- state statute prohibiting non-assignment clauses pre-empted by ERISA
Citator
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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.