State Law Claims Are Preempted By ERISA, Mississippi Federal Judge Says

GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi federal judge on Sept. 10 dismissed a disability claimant's suit against an insurer after determining that the state law claims alleged in the complaint are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Sheila Smith Foto v. Standard Insurance Co. et al., No. 13-341, S.D. Miss.; 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126591).
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