Legal Opinion
Vantage Health Plan, Inc. v. ACMG, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 23, 2002No. Nos. 36,430-CA, 36,362-CWPublished
1Opinion of the Court
| t PEATROSS, J.
This consolidated appeal1 presents the question of whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s (“ERISA”) broad preemption provision bars the state law claims of Vantage Health Plan, Inc. (“Vantage”), sponsor of an ERISA plan, against the plan’s administrator, ACMG of Louisiana, Inc. (“ACMG”)2. The trial court sustained an Exception of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction filed by ACMG and ordered the case transferred to federal district court. Vantage appeals. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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