(December 7, 2017, 3:20 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge on Nov. 28 recommended the dismissal a claim alleging intentional inducement to breach a contract of confidentiality against a disability plan administrator and one of its case managers after determining that the claim is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the claim relates to the claimant’s denial of benefits under an ERISA plan (Gregory Addington v. Senior Vice President – Human Resources, Consol Energy Inc., No. 17-444, W.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196020)....