Mealey's (June 25, 2018, 12:38 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on June 19 ruled that an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit against his insurer for failure to pay for coverage under a health insurance plan was properly removed to federal court because the insured’s breach of contract claim is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Stephen M. Kernan v. Health Care Services Corp., No. 18-2491, C.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102572)....