State Law Claims Not Preempted By ERISA; Disability Suit Remanded To State Court

Mealey's (April 30, 2020, 1:05 PM EDT) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on April 29 remanded a disability suit after determining that federal jurisdiction does not exist because the claimant’s state law claims are not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Linda Newton v. South Jersey Paper Products Co. Inc., No. 19-17289, D. N.J., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75477)....