Disability Claimant Says 6th Circuit’s Preemption Decision Must Be Reviewed

(June 5, 2017, 6:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals incorrectly determined that a negligence claim is completely preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the Sixth Circuit’s reasoning conflicts with the U.S. Supreme Court’s analysis for complete preemption, a disability claimant says in a May 22 petition for writ of certiorari filed in the high court (Samantha Milby v. MCMC LLC, No. 16-1409, U.S. Sup., 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1860)....