State Law Claims Preempted By ERISA, Pennsylvania Federal Judge Determines

Mealey's (April 8, 2020, 12:53 PM EDT) -- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on April 2 dismissed a number of state law claims alleged by a disability claimant after determining that the claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Joanne Wolff v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-1596, M.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57864)....