Mealey's (January 10, 2018, 9:48 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Dec. 28 dismissed state law claims for breach of contract and bad faith in a dispute over survivorship benefits under a life insurance policy after determining that the state law claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Jody Rizzo v. First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-745, D. N.J., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212484)....