Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissing State Law Claims, Says They Are Preempted

(June 8, 2018, 1:19 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal judge on June 4 recommended dismissing a disability claimant’s state law claims because the state law claims are preempted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (Jerome Clay v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 3, No. 17-749, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93784)....