Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Sauers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 23, 2011PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER.
In this appeal by allowance, we are called to decide whether, and to what degree, the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (ERISA) preempts Section 6111.2 of the Pennsylvania Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code, 20 Pa.C.S. § 6111.2.1 We have also agreed to determine what we view as a preliminary question concerning whether an estate possesses the legal capacity to initiate a cause of action on behalf of a contingent beneficiary to a life *1245insurance policy.2 For the reasons that follow, we hold that while an estate may properly bring a…
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