National Treasury Employees Union v. Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority

Smith, Judge.

Appellee Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority brought an action against the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), seeking payment of medicál costs pursuant to a health insurance plan provided to a federal employee under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA), 5 USC § 8901 et seq. The trial court denied NTEU’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of federal preemption of the hospital’s state law claims. We granted NTEU’s application for discretionary appeal to consider an issue of first impression in Georgia: the scope of preemption of state law by 5 USC § 8902…