ERISA Preempts Suit Claiming NFL Sacked Health Insurance Payments, Judge Says

Mealey's (August 18, 2020, 10:45 AM EDT) -- DALLAS — The Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts a medical provider's state law claim alleging that the National Football League directed a health insurer to cease paying it, a federal judge in Texas said Aug. 14 (Advanced Physicians S.C. v. National Football League, No. 19-2432, N.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146336)....